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Helen de Guerry Simpson, Helen Simpson, Miles Burton, Margaret Cole, E. R. Punshon, Dorothy L. Sayers, Francis Iles, Freeman Wills Crofts

The Anatomy of Murder by Helen de Guerry Simpson, Helen Simpson, Miles Burton, Margaret Cole, E. R. Punshon, Dorothy L. Sayers, Francis Iles, Freeman Wills Crofts takes about 6 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 18 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1937. 344 pages, about 94,600 words.

13 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 31 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 18 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 57 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

> A unique anthology for crime aficionados – seven of the world’s most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation.

Subjects: Murder, Trials (Murder), Crime, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, English Detective and mystery stories, Case studies

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