How long does it take to read From Potter's Field?
From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell takes about 7 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 6 of Kay Scarpetta
Previous: The Body Farm Next: Cause of Death
About 7 hours 22 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1995. 402 pages, about 110,550 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 67 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In Richmond, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of Virginia and consultant for the FBI, is in the midst of a late-night autopsy at the morgue when the call comes: Gault, the sadistic psychopath who has eluded capture for years, has struck again. For Scarpetta, her worst nightmare returns. While Scarpetta sorts through strange forensic evidence, including an uncommon tread pattern and extremely rare gold dental restorations, Gault kills again. But the prey he ultimately seeks is Scarpetta, for it becomes increasingly apparent that he is as focused on her as she is on him.
Subjects: Fiction, Forensic pathologists, Kay Scarpetta (Fictitious character), Medical examiners (Law), Women detectives, Women physicians
