How long does it take to read Black As He's Painted?
Black As He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh takes about 4 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1974. 254 pages, about 69,850 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When the exuberant president of Ng'ombwana proposes to dispense with the usual security arrangements on an official visit to London, his old school mate, Chief Superintendent Alleyn, is called in to persuade him otherwise.Consequently, on the night of the embassy's reception the house and grounds are stiff with police. Nevertheless, an assassin does strike, and Alleyn finds he has no shortage of help, from Special Branch to a tribal court – and a small black cat named Lucy Lockett who out-detects them all...
Subjects: Fiction, Mystery, Police, Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character), England, fiction, Murder
