How long does it take to read The Dark Wind?
The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 304 pages, about 83,600 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Navajo tribal policeman Jim Chee, barred from following up on a multi-million dollar drug case, investigates a murder and a vandalism incident and finds that perhaps all three cases are part of the same pattern.
Subjects: Mystery, Police in fiction, Navajo Indians in fiction, Police, New southwest in fiction, Navajo Indians
