How long does it take to read Give a Corpse a Bad Name?
Give a Corpse a Bad Name by Elizabeth Ferrars takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 256 pages, about 70,400 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 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In conjunction with the police, Toby Dyke, an ex-reporter now of no fixed occupation, investigates the curious circumstances attending the death of a middle-aged stranger who is run over by a car one winter's night while lying dead drunk in the middle of a Devon lane. Driving the car is Anna Milne, an attractive widow from South Africa. By chance (is it?) the dead man also comes from South Africa. And he has Anna Milne's address in his pocket...
