Stalking the Angel vs The high window: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Los angeles, California, Private investigators, Fiction
Stalking the Angel
Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye . . . he quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He’s a literate, wisecreacking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up. The blonde who walked into Cole’s office was the…
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The high window
Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the 1940s and 1950s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and…
The verdict
- Readers rate Stalking the Angel highest: Stalking the Angel 4.0 · The high window 3.8.
- Stalking the Angel has the widest readership — 975 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Stalking the Angel | The high window | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (8) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (36) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (975) | — |
Reception
| Stalking the Angel | The high window | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 975 | 12 |
| Editions | 5 | 32 |
| Citations | — | 20 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 11 |
| Written reviews | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 127 | — |
| Pages | 256 | 198 |