How long does it take to read Murphy's Law?
a Molly Murphy mystery
Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 242 pages, about 66,550 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 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Molly Murphy, on the run from the police in Ireland, becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a man at Ellis Island.
Subjects: Irish American women in fiction, Irish, Detective and mystery stories, Women private investigators in fiction, Fugitives from justice in fiction, Women private investigators