How long does it take to read Polar Star?
Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith takes about 7 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Arkady Renko octology
Previous: Gorky Park Next: Red Square
About 7 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 389 pages, about 106,975 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Renko, a former Senior Investigator in the Moscow Prosecutor's Office, is appointed to investigate the death of a girl who surfaces in a ship's catch. While the other officers put through a suicide verdict, Renko pursues his search and discovers why so many crewmen seem intent on murder.
Subjects: Arkady Renko (Fictious character), Arkady Renko (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Police, English fiction
