How long does it take to read Strong Poison?
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers takes about 4 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 5 of Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries
Previous: Lord Peter Views the Body Next: Five Red Herrings
About 4 hours 47 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1930. 261 pages, about 71,775 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 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 59 minutes |
The page count is the median across 115 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is the first in the Lord Peter Wimsey series of stories that includes Harriet Vane. Harriet is introduced as she stands in the dock on trial for murder. Lord Peter immediately determines that she is innocent and sets out to prove it - falling in love with her in the process.
Subjects: Women detectives, English Detective and mystery stories, Harriet Vane (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories
