How long does it take to read The Case of the Crimson Kiss?
a Perry Mason novelette, and other stories.
The Case of the Crimson Kiss by Erle Stanley Gardner takes about 3 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1971. 189 pages, about 51,975 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Four early short stories from the author of "Perry Mason" : The Case of the Crimson Kiss: Perry Mason deciphers (among other things) the mystery of the "crimson kiss" on the forehead of a murder victim... Fingers of Fong finds Dick Sprague matching wits with a Chinese murderer... In The Valley of Little Fears, a man and a dog have to come to terms with their fears and cowardice - and, perhaps, more... Crooked Lighning tells the tale of a gem agent pitted against a gem thief called Crooked Lightning. With the special Gardner twist in the tail... And At Arm's Length: Of Jerry Marr, a private detective who has to "create" his clients in an economic depression. Whose "tough-mindedness in his approach and brilliance in his deduction ... suggest a step in the evolution of Perry Mason."
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories, Perry Mason (Fictitious character), American Legal stories, Fiction, California, fiction, Lawyers, fiction
