How long does it take to read Mrs. McGinty's Dead?
Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie takes about 4 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 31 of Canon of Hercule Poirot
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About 4 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1951. 234 pages, about 64,350 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 89 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Poirot, disillusioned by the "senseless cruel brutality" of modern crime, pays no attention to the sad case of Mrs McGinty, an old woman apparently struck dead by her lodger for thirty pounds that she kept under a floorboard. When, however, he is asked by the investigating officer to take another look at the case to stop an innocent man going to the gallows, he realises that things may not be as simple as they first appear to be.
Subjects: Fiction, Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Mystery
