How long does it take to read In the Woods?
In the Woods by Tana French takes about 10 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Dublin Murder Squad
Next: The Likeness
About 10 hours 36 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2001. 578 pages, about 158,950 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A gorgeously written novel that marks the debut of an astonishing new voice in psychological suspenseAs dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours.Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.Richly atmospheric, stunning in its complexity, and utterly convincing and surprising to the end, In the Woods is sure to enthrall fans of Mystic River and The Lovely Bones.
Subjects: Detectives, Murder, Investigation, Children, Crimes against, Fiction
