How long does it take to read A Man Lay Dead?
A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh takes about 3 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Roderick Alleyn
Next: Enter a Murderer
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1934. 191 pages, about 52,525 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A game of Murder turns deadly when it ends in a real murder, in the country-house of Sir Hubert Handesley. Roderick Alleyn's first case.
Subjects: Country-house Mystery, Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character), Fiction, Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, England, fiction
