The Blue Ice vs The Lies We Bury: Which Should You Read?
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The Blue Ice
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…
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The Lies We Bury
It’s the case that has tormented him for years… Detective Cage Foster’s past has come back to haunt him. It’s been seven years since two girls disappeared because of his rookie mistake, and since then he’s lived under…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Lies We Bury highest: The Lies We Bury 4.3 · The Blue Ice 3.8.
- The Lies We Bury has the widest readership — 557 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Blue Ice | The Lies We Bury | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (449) | 4.2 (557) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (3) | — |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (127) |
Reception
| The Blue Ice | The Lies We Bury | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 449 | 557 |
| Editions | 30 | 1 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 179 | 552 |
| Reading it now | 59 | 392 |
| Written reviews | 31 | 35 |
| Wikipedia attention | 46 | 1631 |
| Pages | 246 | 306 |