How long does it take to read A Presumption of Death?
A Presumption of Death by Jill Paton Walsh takes about 7 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Lord Peter Wimsey
Next: The Attenbury Emeralds
About 7 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2002. 384 pages, about 105,600 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Drawing on the events of "The Wimsey Papers," a tale set during the Blitz in 1940 London finds Lord Peter conducting secret business for the Foreign Office, while Harriet, caring for the family, is shocked by the murder of a young Land Girl.
Subjects: Women detectives, Harriet Vane (Fictitious character), Fiction, Women's Land Army (Great Britain), London (england), fiction, Fiction, historical, general
