How long does it take to read Come to Grief?
Come to Grief by Dick Francis takes about 6 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 6 hours 54 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1995. 376 pages, about 103,400 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sid Halley, the ex-champion jockey turned investigator has uncovered an obnoxious crime committed by a friend whom he -and everyone else -has held in deep affection. On the morning set for the opening of the friend's trial, at which Sid is due to be called as witness, other people's miseries explode and send him spinning into days of hard rational detection and heart-searching torment.
Subjects: Private investigators, Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Sid Halley (Fictitious character), Horse racing, Fiction
