How long does it take to read A Drop of the Hard Stuff?
A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block takes about 5 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 17 of Matthew Scudder
Previous: All the Flowers Are Dying
About 5 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 319 pages, about 87,725 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After a childhood friend is shot down while attempting to atone for past sins, Scudder is drawn into a murder investigation that threatens to upset his path toward recovery--and get him killed in the process.
Subjects: Private investigators, Murder, Alcoholics, Fiction, Investigation, Matt Scudder (Fictitious character)
