The Labours of Hercules vs Trent's Last Case: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Private investigators in fiction, Private investigators, England, English literature, Mystery, Fiction

Cover of The Labours of Hercules

The Labours of Hercules Agatha Christie · 1947 ★★★★☆ 3.8 258 pages · ≈ 4 h 47 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Trent's Last Case

Trent's Last Case E. C. Bentley · 1900 ★★★★☆ 3.9 182 pages · ≈ 3 h 22 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.8 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.

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