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How long does it take to read Behind the Yellow Tape?

Jarrett Hallcox

Behind the Yellow Tape by Jarrett Hallcox takes about 5 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 29 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2009. 299 pages, about 82,225 words.

11 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 8 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 29 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 26 minutes

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

About the book

From the authors of Bodies We’ve Buried—an uncensored look at real-life CSIs. With a foreword by Patricia Cornwell.For years, Jarrett Hallcox and Amy Welch trained CSIs at the National Forensic Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee. Now they provide a glimpse into the real world of crime scene investigation, and the investigators themselves. Experience, through gripping text and photographs, eight gripping accounts of true crime from across the country: from the murky waters of the Puget Sound to the crumbling ruins of the Alamo and the grimy streets of the Big Apple, these are the real stories of the people who work behind the yellow tape.

Subjects: Case studies, Crime scene searches, Criminal Evidence, Criminal investigation, Nonfiction, True Crime

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