How long does it take to read Murder Being Once Done?
Ruth Rendell, Robin Bailey
Murder Being Once Done by Ruth Rendell, Robin Bailey takes about 3 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Inspector Wexford
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About 3 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 198 pages, about 54,450 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In a vast, gloomy, overgrown London cemetery, a girl is found murdered. A girl with a name that isn't here, and little else that is. A girl with no friends, no possessions and no past. Chief Inspector Wexford has been sent to London by his doctor for a rest — no late nights, no rich food, no alcohol, and above all, no criminal investigation. To add insult to injury, it is Wexford's own nephew, Howard, who is leading the investigation into the macabre mystery. And even though Howard and his subordinates might think he's out of his league, and even though his doctor wouldn't approve, Wexford can't resist just taking a look at things for himself.
Subjects: Fiction, Police, Inspector Wexford (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Mystery, England, fiction
