How long does it take to read The Closers?
a novel
The Closers by Michael Connelly takes about 7 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 11 of Harry Bosch
Previous: The Narrows Next: Echo Park
About 7 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2005. 416 pages, about 114,400 words. Written for young adults.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Harry is back, assigned to the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. These detectives are the Closers. They are thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a white supremacist is connected to the 1988 murder of a mixed-race girl. The police department has changed, but one thing hasn't - Harry's nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has been pushed from power and given a virtually meaningless new role. Full of vengeance, Irving calls Harry a 'retread'. He watches from the sidelines like an injured bear, hoping Harry will make a mistake...
Subjects: Murder, Police, Teenage girls, Crimes against, Fiction, Investigation
