The Highway vs The Wrong Case: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Montana, Missing persons, Fiction
The Highway
The inspiration for the hit ABC television series Big Sky. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the New York Times bestselling author of Back of Beyond and Breaking Point and the creator of the Joe Pickett series…
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The Wrong Case
Milo once had a thriving divorce-case business in the small town of Meriwether, in the pacific Northwest, but because of liberal new divorce laws has taken to drinking and staring out the window. He's up to his third…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Wrong Case is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 7 for The Highway.
- The Wrong Case has the widest readership — 1951 ratings behind its score.
- The Wrong Case runs the darker storyline; The Highway stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Highway | The Wrong Case | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.0 (1951) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.8 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (1108) | 4.0 (17) |
Reception
| The Highway | The Wrong Case | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1108 | 1951 |
| Editions | 7 | 1 |
| Citations | — | 3 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1515 |
| Reading it now | — | 71 |
| Written reviews | — | 148 |
| Wikipedia attention | 150 | — |
| Pages | 400 | 272 |