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How long does it take to read Killing Me Softly?

a novel of obsession

Nicci French

Killing Me Softly by Nicci French takes about 6 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 36 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1999. 360 pages, about 99,000 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 11 hours
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 36 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 8 minutes

The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A British woman falls in love with a famous mountaineer, but after marrying him begins to feel afraid. During sex he sometimes hurts her and three women in his life died accidental deaths. The woman turns detective and her fears come true.

Subjects: Fiction, Married women, Love, Psychology, Love in fiction, Married women in fiction

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