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How long does it take to read Pop Goes the Weasel?

James Patterson

Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson takes about 7 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 5 of Alex Cross

Previous: Cat and Mouse Next: Roses Are Red

About 7 hours 40 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1999. 418 pages, about 114,950 words.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 46 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 40 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 47 minutes

The page count is the median across 45 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Detective Alex Cross is in love. But his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders in Washington, D.C., murders with a pattern so twisted, it leaves investigators reeling. Cross's ingenious pursuit of the killer produces a suspect-a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shafer. But proving that Shafer is the murderer becomes a potentially deadly task. As the diplomat engages in a brilliant series of surprising countermoves, in and out of the courtroom, Alex and his fiancee become hopelessly entangled with the most memorable nemesis Alex Cross has ever faced. Pop Goes the Weasel reveals James Patterson at the peak of his power. Here is a chilling villain no reader will forget, a love story of great tenderness, and a plot of relentless suspense and heart-pounding pace. To read Pop Goes the Weasel is to discover why James Patterson is one of the world's greatest suspense writers.

Subjects: Fiction, Psychologists, British Diplomatic and consular service, Serial murders, Psychopaths, Taxicab drivers

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