How long does it take to read Death in High Heels?
Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand takes about 4 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1954. 226 pages, about 62,150 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 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
It all began with a dirty panama hat. How best to clean it? The sales staff at the exclusive salon, Christophe et Cie, finally decided on oxalic acid as the best method of removing the offending marks. They weren't to know it at the time, but it was also to prove the best method of murdering one of their colleagues. The unfortunate Miss Don had been in line for a plum job at the company's new branch in Deauville, and there had been considerable speculation as to whether she or the universally disliked Miss Gregory would be chosen. But shortly after learning that she would be the one to remain in London, Doon was to die an agonising death at the hands of a poisoner. Young Mr Charlesworth from Scotland Yard, a man uncomfortably susceptible to the charms of ladies, is called in to unravel this increasingly muddling and complex case, only to find his task further complicated by the fact that all his chief suspects are female! But before he has identified the culprit there is another poisoning ...
Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Detective and mystery stories
