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How long does it take to read Återkomsten?

Håkan Nesser

Återkomsten by Håkan Nesser takes about 5 hours 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 3 of Inspector Van Veeteren mystery

Previous: Borkmann's Point Next: Woman with Birthmark

About 5 hours 53 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2000. 321 pages, about 88,275 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 49 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 53 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 41 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

When a young girl on a woodland hike stumbles upon a corpse with no hands, feet, or head, Chief Inspector Van Veeteren, recovering from surgery in a nearby hospital, begins to piece together the clues in the case.

Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Murder, Investigation, Police

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