How long does it take to read A Sea of Troubles?
A Sea of Troubles by Donna Leon, David Colacci takes about 5 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 10 of Commissario Brunetti novels
Previous: Friends in High Places Next: Wilful Behaviour
About 5 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 280 pages, about 77,000 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Donna Leon's latest Brunetti novel sees police secretary Signorina Elettra drawn into danger, as she volunteers to go undercover among the clam fishermen of the Venetian lagoon.The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, draws Commissario Brunetti into the close-knit community of the island, bound together by a code of loyalty and a suspicion of outsiders worthy of the Mafia. When the boss's secretary Signorina Elettra volunteers to visit the island, where she has relatives, Brunetti finds himself torn between his duty to solve the murders, concerns for Elettra's safety, and his not entirely straightforward feelings for her ...
Subjects: Fiction, Investigation, Guido Brunetti (Fictitious character), Murder, Police, Fishers
