How long does it take to read Knots and Crosses?
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin takes about 4 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Inspector Rebus
Next: Hide and Seek
About 4 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1987. 253 pages, about 69,575 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Edinburgh policeman, John Rebus, must solve murders involving seeming crank letters. He is not the only officer workering the case, but the only one who has all the pieces to resolve it.
Subjects: Inspector Rebus (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction, Edinburgh (scotland), fiction, English Detective and mystery stories
