The Seven Dials Mystery vs Whose Body?: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Detectives, English Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, Police, England, English literature
The Seven Dials Mystery
Brings back several characters from an earlier novel, The Secret of Chimneys, in a story that can best be described as a John Buchan thriller told by P.G. Wodehouse.…
1 film adaptation
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Whose Body?
The first of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, in which the suave and witty gentleman foregoes a rare-book auction to investigate the presence of a bespectacled nude body in an architect's bathtub near the Wimsey's…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Whose Body? has the widest readership — 63250 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Seven Dials Mystery | Whose Body? | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (45881) | 3.8 (63250) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (89) | 3.5 (137) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (56) | 4.5 (18) |
Reception
| The Seven Dials Mystery | Whose Body? | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 45881 | 63250 |
| Editions | 91 | 319 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 24280 | 59135 |
| Reading it now | 3143 | 5890 |
| Written reviews | 4471 | 4820 |
| Wikipedia attention | 22317 | 1716 |
| Pages | 193 | 155 |