Take Your Breath Away vs The house by the church-yard: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Take Your Breath Away Take Your Breath Away Linwood Barclay · 2022 ★★★★☆ 4.0 528 pages · ≈ 9 h 47 m · Moderate

One weekend, while Andrew Mason was on a fishing trip, his wife, Brie, vanished without a trace. Most people assumed Andy had got away with murder, but the police couldn’t build a strong case against him. For a while,…

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Cover of The house by the church-yard The house by the church-yard Sheridan Le Fanu · 1863 ★★★★☆ 3.7 Demanding

Sheridan Le Fanu's historical mystery novel The House by the Churchyard was written in 1863. A skull unearthed in a churchyard show signs of violent blows to the head and, even more disturbingly, the small hole caused…

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Scores by source

Take Your Breath AwayThe house by the church-yard
Goodreads — 3.6 (541)
Hardcover 3.8 (24) —
Apple Books 4.0 (187) —

Reception

Take Your Breath AwayThe house by the church-yard
Ratings 187 541
Editions 10 118
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read — 3279
Pages 528 —

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