The Blue Ice vs The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller): Which Should You Read?
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The Blue Ice
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Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert…
The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller)
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A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Set in the Reacher universe by permission of Lee Child. Some secrets are printed in blood. When U.S. Treasury Agent Mark Sullivan is brutally murdered in Lima with counterfeit bills…
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The verdict
- Readers rate The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller) highest: The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller) 4.1 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Blue Ice has the widest readership — 449 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| The Blue Ice | The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller) | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (449) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (14) |
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Reception
| The Blue Ice | The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 449 | 14 |
| Editions | 30 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 179 | — |
| Reading it now | 59 | — |
| Written reviews | 31 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 46 | — |
| Pages | 246 | 260 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: The Blue Ice or The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller)?
The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller) has the higher combined reader rating across sources (The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller) 4.1/5, The Blue Ice 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: The Blue Ice or The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller)?
The Blue Ice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Blue Ice (246 pages, ≈ 4 h 33 m); The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller) (260 pages, ≈ 4 h 49 m).
Which is harder to read: The Blue Ice or The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller)?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — The Blue Ice: Challenging; The Ghosts (A Joe Reacher Thriller): Moderate.