How long does it take to read Point of Origin?
Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell takes about 7 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 9 of Kay Scarpetta
Previous: Unnatural Exposure Next: Black Notice
About 7 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 397 pages, about 109,175 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 51 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the author of Unnatural Exposure and Cause of Death comes a new Kay Scarpetta novel that pits Virginia's chief medical examiner against an audacious and wily killer who uses fire to mask his crimes. And when Scarpetta learns that her old nemesis, Carrie Grethen, is somehow involved, the investigation gets personal and tragedy strikes closer to home.
Subjects: Fiction, Forensic pathologists, Kay Scarpetta (Fictitious character), Medical examiners (Law), Women physicians, Medical novels
