How long does it take to read The Death Shift?
The Death Shift by Peter Elkind takes about 7 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours
A weekend read
First published 1989. 382 pages, about 105,050 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Though doctors struggle to save them, babies are dying in the pediatric ward of a Texas hospital. A secret internal investigation reveals the sickening explanation: Genene Jones, a nurse on the 3-11 shift, is a cold-blooded kille r. This true-life thriller reveals how Jones was able to work again--and kill again.
Subjects: Biography, Case studies, Infanticide, Murderers, Nurses, Jones, Genene
