How long does it take to read The Case of the Howling Dog?
The Case of the Howling Dog by Erle Stanley Gardner takes about 5 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Perry Mason
Previous: The Case of the Sulky Girl Next: The Case of the Curious Bride
About 5 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1934. 295 pages, about 81,125 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Arthur Cartright's official complaint about a neighbor's noisy dog leads Perry Mason and his associate into a case involving a poisoned police dog, a missing wife, and murder
Subjects: Fiction, Perry Mason (Fictitious character), mystery, Trials (Murder), Popular Print Disabled Books, California, fiction