How long does it take to read Dead Cert?
Dead Cert by Dick Francis takes about 4 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1962. 247 pages, about 67,925 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 42 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jockey Bill Davidson's accident seems suspicious to his friend Alan Yorke who goes back to check the fence where Bill Davidson fell, and finds length of wire on the ground. The wire disappears before the police arrive to check Alan's story, so he must find out what happened himself.
Subjects: Fiction, Horse racing, Private investigators, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, England, fiction
