How long does it take to read Mystery of the Desert Giant?
Mystery of the Desert Giant by Carolyn Keene takes about 2 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 58 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1960. 162 pages, about 44,550 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book opens with Frank, Joe & Chet lurking in the front garden of the Hardy home with Chet's infrared camera. They've received a phonecall about a mysterious visitor & are determined to get a picture of him. One man turns up, but then walks away without attempting to knock on the door. A second "visitor" then arrives. He proves to be Philip Dodge, a lawyer that their father knows. He tells the Hardys that his client, a Mr. Brownlee, is searching for his nephew, Williard Grafton, who, along with a friend called Clifford Wetherby, has vanished. Fenton Hardy tells Dodge that he's occupied with another case but that Frank & Joe are more than capable of handling the case. Meanwhile, Chet has been developing the infrared photos in the Hardys' lab, but on the way back to the house he's knocked out. It soon becomes apparent that a mysterious man has eavesdropped on the conversation between the Hardys & Dodge & has presumably heard all of their discussions relating to Grafton & Wetherby. The three boys are soon on their way to California to investigate the disappearance of Grafton & Wetherby, and it soons become apparent that there's a gang determined to thwart their endeavors. Their investigation leads them to Mexico & Colorado as well as California but the final showdown comes at the titular desert giant when Frank & Joe fall into the hands of the gang. - dooyoo.co.uk reviewer keeperofthematri.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Mystery, Children's fiction, Mystery and detective stories
