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How long does it take to read Body of Evidence?

Patricia Cornwell

Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell takes about 7 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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About 7 hours 6 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1990. 387 pages, about 106,425 words.

15 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours 50 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 6 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 26 minutes

The page count is the median across 62 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta investigates the murder of Beryl Madison, an author, whose latest manuscript is now missing.

Subjects: Fiction, Medical examiners (Law), Kay Scarpetta (Fictitious character), Women physicians, Forensic pathologists, Women detectives

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