How long does it take to read Photo-finish?
Photo-finish by Ngaio Marsh takes about 4 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Roderick Alleyn
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About 4 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1980. 254 pages, about 69,850 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 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A persistent paparazzi has hounded operatic soprano Isabella Sommita until her nerves are at the breaking point. Now her millionaire boyfriend has whisked her to a New Zealand island to recover. There she plans a performance of an aria written just for her—by her secret young lover, who, along with a bevy of envious celebriteis, is also on the island. It's the perfect set-up for grand opera—wild passions...and bloody murder. And when the great singer is found dead, a photo on her bosom, Sperintendent Roderick Alleyn must find out who did the diva in...
Subjects: Fiction, Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character), Police, New Zealand fiction, England, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
