How long does it take to read If Death Ever Slept?
If Death Ever Slept by Rex Stout takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Nero Wolfe
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About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1957. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Published 1957. Millionaire Otis Jarrell retains Nero Wolfe to get sufficient information on his daughter in law to persuade his son to divorce her. Susan Jarrell is not only unfaithful but she's selling business secrets to one of Jarrell's competitors - or so Jarrell claims. Archie goes undercover as the millionaire's new personal secretary but two murders later, Wolfe has to call in not only his usual trio of PIs but also Sally Colt and Dol Bonner to help with the legwork tracking down a very clever and cold-blooded killer.
Subjects: Fiction, mystery, Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character), Private investigators, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
