How long does it take to read Skinwalkers?
Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman takes about 5 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of Joe Leaphorn
Previous: Dance Hall of the Dead Next: A Thief of Time
About 5 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 299 pages, about 82,225 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Loaded with e-book extras (not available in the print edition), including Tony Hillerman's running commentary on his work, his series heroes Leaphorn and Chee, and a special profile of the Navajo nation.Three shotgun blasts in a trailer bring Officer Chee and Lt. Leaphorn together for the first time in an investigation of ritual, witchcraft, and blood.Three shotgun blasts explode into the trailer of Officer Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal Police. But Chee survives to join partner Lt. Joe Leaphorn in a frightening investigation that takes them into a dark world of ritual, witchcraft, and blood -- all tied to the elusive and evil "skinwalker." Brimming with Navajo lore and sizzling suspense, Skinwalkers brings Chee and Leaphorn, Hillerman's bestselling detective team, together for the first time.Finding Moon is many things: a latter-day adventure epic, a deftly orchestrated romance, an arresting portrait of an exotic realm engulfed in turmoil, and a neatly turned tale of suspense. Most of all, it is a singular story of how a plain, uncertain man finds his best self.
Subjects: Fiction, Navajo Indians, Police, Jim Chee (Fictitious character), Indian reservation police, Lt. Leaphorn, Joe (Fictitious character)
