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How long does it take to read Slow Burn?

Julie Garwood

Slow Burn by Julie Garwood takes about 7 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Part of Buchanan/FBI

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About 7 hours 45 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2005. 423 pages, about 116,325 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 56 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 45 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 51 minutes

The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Living a successful life just outside of Charleston, South Carolina, Kate MacKenna has always been able to turn her challenges into triumphs. But now the fates seem to be lining up against her...in lethal fashion. While attending a reception at a friend's estate for a controversial artist, Kate is nearly killed by an explosion. Once home, Kate is hit with the news that the prosperous fragrance company she has nurtured from the ground up is in jeopardy: It turns out that her late mother used the business as collateral for a huge loan, and full payment is due in three weeks. Kate's still reeling from this devastating news when her younger sister's volatile ex-boyfriend shows up and threatens her. Then Kate receives a call from her best friend, Jordan Buchanan, who is hospitalized and scheduled for surgery in Boston. Though stretched to the limit, Kate immediately rushes to her side. Once she knows that Jordan is going to be fine, Kate abandons her calm facade and allows herself a major meltdown, doing something that is totally uncharacteristic: She has a one-night stand with Jordan's brother Dylan. Coming to her senses, Kate returns home determined to get back on track and save her business. But the mishaps keep coming. At Jordan's insistence, Dylan checks up on Kate. He's convinced that she's merely having a spell of bad luck, until he discovers how many people want Kate MacKenna dead. (From the Author's web-site.)

Subjects: Fiction, Thriller, Contemporary, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, Psychological, Fiction, Suspense, Fiction, Mystery, Fiction, Attempted murder

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