How long does it take to read The Five Red Herrings?
and, Murder Must Advertise
The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers takes about 6 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 7 of Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries
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About 6 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1931. 351 pages, about 96,525 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 69 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Lord Peter Wimsey is trying to find the murderer of a local artists, but he finds that there are six main suspects, five who are being set up, and one who has created the perfect murder.
Subjects: Fiction, Private investigators, English Detective and mystery stories, England, fiction
