How long does it take to read The Devil's Teardrop?
a novel of the last night of the century
The Devil's Teardrop by Jeffery Deaver takes about 7 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 396 pages, about 108,900 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"It's New Year's Eve, December 31, 1999, and Washington, D.C., is under siege. Early in the day, a grisly machine gun attack in the Dupont Circle Metro station leaves dozens dead and the city crippled with fear. A note delivered to the mayor's office pins the massacre on the Digger, a robotlike assassin programmed to wreak havoc on the capital every four hours - until midnight. Only a ransom of $20 million delivered to the Digger's accomplice - and mastermind - will end the death and terror. But the Digger becomes a far more sinister threat when his accomplice is killed in a freak accident while en route to the money drop. With the ransom note as the single scrap of evidence, Special Agent Margaret Lukas calls upon Parker Kincaid, a retired FBI agent and the top forensic document examiner in the country. Somehow, by midnight, they must find the Digger - before he finds them."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Assassins, Police, Forensic sciences, Serial murders, Government investigators, Fiction
