How long does it take to read A Mind to Murder?
A Mind to Murder by P. D. James takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Adam Dalgliesh
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About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1963. 256 pages, about 70,400 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 49 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A piercing scream, shattering the evening calm, brings Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh hurrying from his literary party to the nearby Steen Psychiatric Clinic, where he discovers the body of a woman sprawled on the basement floor, a chisel thrust through her heart. As Dalgliesh probes beneath the apparently unruffled calm of the clinic, he discovers that many an intrigue lies hidden behind the Georgian terrace's unassuming facade. Professionally, he has never known the taste of failure. Now, for the first time, he feels unsure of his own mastery as he battles to unmask a cool killer who is proving to be his intellectual equal, and who is poised to strike again.
Subjects: Kriminalroman, Englisch, Belletristische Darstellung, Psychiatrische Klinik, Mord, Mystery
