How long does it take to read Below Suspicion?
Below Suspicion by John Dickson Carr takes about 4 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1949. 230 pages, about 63,250 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the original review in the Toledo Blade, 11 December 1949: "No locked room mystery this, but still one of the best featuring Gideon Fell. An old lady dies of poison and while her late companion, the accused, languishes in prison awaiting trial, her niece's husband likewise sips of the fatal cup. The leading character in the book is the trial lawyer, who, despite his conceit, courage and ability would not have solved the mysteries without old Gideon's deductions from a silver candelabrum and a red garter."
Subjects: Fiction, Gideon Fell (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Mystery, occult, criminal underworld
