How long does it take to read The Locked Room?
The Locked Room by Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö takes about 5 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 8 of Martin Beck
Previous: The Abominable Man Next: Cop Killer
About 5 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 311 pages, about 85,525 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 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Number 8 in the Martin Beck Mystery Series.
Subjects: crime, Murder and detective stories, Fiction, Police, Martin Beck (Fictitious character), Swedish fiction
