How long does it take to read Beware of the Trains?
Beware of the Trains by Edmund Crispin takes about 3 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1953. 176 pages, about 48,400 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
These sixteen short stories are classic examples of Fen's mastery of his art solving the most insoluble crimes where even the best brains in the police force are frankly baffled. They also allow you to flex your own crime-solving muscles: each story contains all the clues needed to anticipate the outcome, using logic and common sense with a bit of ingenuity thrown in! Do you dare to take them on?
Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, general, College teachers, fiction, England, fiction
