How long does it take to read The Brass Verdict?
a novel
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly takes about 9 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Harry Bosch
Previous: The Overlook Next: Nine Dragons
About 9 hours 47 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 534 pages, about 146,850 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time, he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him next.Enter Harry Bosch. Determined to find Vincent's killer, he is not opposed to using Haller as bait. But as danger mounts and the stakes rise, these two loners realize their only choice is to work together.Bringing together Michael Connelly's two most popular characters, The Brass Verdict is sure to be his biggest book yet.
Subjects: Police in fiction, Murder, Lawyers, Murder in fiction, Crimes against, Fiction