How long does it take to read Heaven's Prisoners?
Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke takes about 5 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1988. 276 pages, about 75,900 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Vietnam vet Dave Robicheaux has turned inhis detective's badge, is winning his battle against booze, and has left New Orleans with hsi wife for the tranquil beauty of Louisiana's bayous. But a plane creahsed on the Gulf brings a young girl into his life and with her comes a netherworld of murder, deception, and homegrown crime." -- Back cover.
Subjects: Fiction, Private investigators, Dave Robicheaux (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Aircraft accidents, Drug traffic
