How long does it take to read Dead Man's Folly?
Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Canon of Hercule Poirot
Previous: After the Funeral Next: The Mousetrap and Other Plays
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1956. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 96 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs, a feeling of dread settles on the famous crime novelist Adriane Oliver. Call it instinct, but it's a feeling she just can't explain…or get away from. In desperation she summons her old friend, Hercule Poirot – and her instincts are soon proved correct when the 'pretend' murder victim is discovered playing the scene for real, a rope wrapped tightly around her neck…But it's the great detective who first discovers that in murder hunts, whether mock or real, everyone is playing a part…
Subjects: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character), Private investigators
