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How long does it take to read Cross Fire?

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Cross Fire by James Patterson takes about 6 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 17 of Alex Cross

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About 6 hours 26 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1998. 351 pages, about 96,525 words.

13 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 44 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 26 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 1 minute

The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Detective Alex Cross and Bree s wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of a perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington DC s most hated public figures- a corrupt congressman and a scheming lobbyist. All leads Cross finds reach dead-ends and the prospect of finding the killer seems nearly impossible. As more crooked politicians are picked off with simliar long-range shots, public opinion is divided is the elusive marksman a vigilante or a hero? Media coverage of the case explodes and FBI agent Max Siegel battles Alex for jurisdiction. As Alex struggles with the sniper, Siegel, and the wedding, he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in DC and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good.

Subjects: Fiction, Employees, Weddings, United States, Snipers, Investigation

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