How long does it take to read Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead?
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran takes about 5 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours
A weekend read
First published 2011. 273 pages, about 75,075 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This knock-out start to a bracingly original new series features Claire DeWitt, the world’s greatest PI—at least, that's what she calls herself. A one-time teen detective in Brooklyn, she is a follower of the esoteric French detective Jacques Silette, whose mysterious handbook Détection inspired Claire’s unusual practices. Claire also has deep roots in New Orleans, where she was mentored by Silette’s student the brilliant Constance Darling—until Darling was murdered. When a respected DA goes missing she returns to the hurricane-ravaged city to find out why.
Subjects: Investigation, Public prosecutors, Gang members, Missing persons, Women private investigators, Fiction
