How long does it take to read Slay-ride?
Slay-ride by Dick Francis takes about 4 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1973. 253 pages, about 69,575 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The epub is missing the text from the first page of every chapter. Perhaps another format would be better to read. An English jockey is killed on a racetrack in Norway; David Cleveland of the Jockey Club investigates.
Subjects: Fiction, Horse racing, Horse-racing, Detective and mystery stories, Investigation, Jockeys