How long does it take to read Simisola?
Simisola by Ruth Rendell takes about 6 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Inspector Wexford
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About 6 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1994. 366 pages, about 100,650 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 36 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Only eighteen black people live in Kingsmarkham. One of them is Wexford's new Doctor, Raymond Akande. When the doctor's daughter, Melanie, goes missing, the Chief Inspector takes more than just a professional interest in the case. Melanie, just down from university but unable to find a job, disappeared somewhere between the Benefit Office and the bus stop. Or at least no one saw her get on the bus when it came. According to her parents, Melanie was happy at home. She had recently broken up with her boyfriend but, until now, there had been no cause to worry about her. And no one liked to voice the suspicion that something might have happened, that Melanie might be dead ...
Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, general, England, fiction, Fiction, Police, Inspector Wexford (Fictitious character), Serial murders
