How long does it take to read Cause of Death?
Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell takes about 6 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 7 of Kay Scarpetta
Previous: From Potter's Field Next: Unnatural Exposure
About 6 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1995. 356 pages, about 97,900 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 60 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
El cadáver de Theodore Andrew Edding ha aparecido bajo el agua, tras una supuesta sesión de inmersión. La forense Kay Scarpetta se encarga del caso y empieza a recibir llamadas telefónicas con identidades falsas, al tiempo que se producen comportamientos sospechosos por parte de sus colegas, intrigantes visitas nocturnas y molestos sabotajes. Ante esta situación, a Scarpetta no le queda más remedio que encerrarse en su laboratorio y no dejar ningún indicio por investigar. In Norfolk, Virginia, a reporter is killed while scuba diving in the naval yard. As she investigates, chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta uncovers a plot by a fascist militia to take over an atomic power plant.
Subjects: Fiction, Forensic pathologists, Kay Scarpetta (Fictitious character), Medical examiners (Law), Women detectives, Women physicians
