How long does it take to read Killer Dolphin?
Killer Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Roderick Alleyn
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About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1966. 288 pages, about 79,200 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 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The 24th formerly Inspector, now Superintendent Alleyn detective novel. A mysterious wealthy patron gives a young man a "bombed-out" theater along with a glove belonging to "the bard," Shakespeare. Once the theater is renovated, the man is inspired to write a play about the glove. The play is a success, a violent death occurs, someone is attacked and the glove is stolen.
Subjects: Fiction, Police, Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character), New Zealand fiction, Murder, Investigation
