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How long does it take to read The Cry of the Halidon?

Robert Ludlum

The Cry of the Halidon by Robert Ludlum takes about 7 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 7 hours 37 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1974. 415 pages, about 114,125 words.

16 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 12 hours 41 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 7 hours 37 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 45 minutes

The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Alex McAuliff has received an offer he can’t refuse: two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaica. All Dunstone Limited requires is his time, his expertise, and his absolute secrecy. No one—not even McAuliff’s handpicked team—can know of Dunstone’s involvement. But British Intelligence is aware of the deal, and they’ve let Alex in on a secret of their own: The last survey team Dunstone dispatched to Jamaica vanished without a trace. Now it’s too late to turn back. Alex already knows about Dunstone—which means he knows too much. From the moment he lands in Jamaica, Alex is a marked man. On an island paradise where a beautiful woman might be a spy and every move could be his last, Alex’s only clue to survival is a single mysterious word: Halidon.

Subjects: Political fiction, Fiction, Geological surveys, Jamaica, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general

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