How long does it take to read Report for Murder?
Report for Murder by Val McDermid takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1987. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In Britain, a cellist is garrotted with string from her instrument at a fund-raising concert in a school for girls. Lesbian PI Lindsay Gordon investigates.
Subjects: Fiction, Women detectives, Lesbians, Lindsay Gordon (Fictitious character), Women journalists, Girls' schools
