How long does it take to read A Caribbean Mystery?
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 9 of Miss Marple
Previous: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Next: At Bertram's Hotel
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1964. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 107 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine, she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major's attention wandered. He never did finish the story...
Subjects: Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, Series, British, Amateur, Detective
