How long does it take to read Beware of the Stranger?
Beware of the Stranger by Janet Dailey takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1978. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Samantha's experience with men as the daughter of tycoon Reuben Gentry had been disillusioning. But she'd gone willingly to Chris Andrews's home miles from anywhere on an island in the St. Lawrence, expecting her father to join her there. Suddenly she realized she was subtly, but surely, being held prisoner there. Were Chris's calls to her father about ransom? Was he really Chris Andrews? Samantha knew she had to escape. But the thought of never seeing Chris--or whoever he was--again, filled her with desolation...
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, general, New york (state), fiction, Fiction, romance, general
