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How long does it take to read The Burning Wire?

Jeffery Deaver

The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver takes about 8 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 8 hours 17 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 2010. 452 pages, about 124,300 words.

17 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 13 hours 49 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 17 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 11 minutes

The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Quadriplegic forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner, Amelia Sachs, engage in a two-day race against time when a twisted killer, exploiting the modern world's drive toward sustainable energy, uses an everyday energy source as a weapon.

Subjects: Lincoln Rhyme (Fictitious character), Serial murderers, Police, Fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Terrorism, fiction

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