How long does it take to read A Murder Is Announced?
A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie takes about 4 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of Miss Marple
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About 4 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1950. 258 pages, about 70,950 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 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 127 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which read: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6:30 p.m.' Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddocks at the ppointed time when, without warning, the lights go out . . .
Subjects: Fiction, Mystery, Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, Series, British
