Is reading a murder mystery somehow better than watching one on TV?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsPeople tend to think that time spent reading a book is more productive than time spent watching TV, but is that right? Is there more intrinsic benefit in, say, reading a detective murder mystery – such as one of Ann Cleeves’ Shetland books – than in watching the serialised version on the box?Jan Jenkins, Hull Continue re