How long does it take to read The Maidens?
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides takes about 6 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2021. 345 pages, about 94,875 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 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike-particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana's niece Zoe, is found murdered in Cambridge. Mariana, who was once herself a student at the university, quickly suspects that behind the idyllic beauty of the spires and turrets, and beneath the ancient traditions, lies something sinister. And she becomes convinced that, despite his alibi, Edward Fosca is guilty of the murder. But why would the professor target one of his students? And why does he keep returning to the rites of Persephone, the maiden, and her journey to the underworld? When another body is found, Mariana's obsession with proving Fosca's guilt spirals out of control, threatening to destroy her credibility as well as her closest relationships. But Mariana is determined to stop this killer, even if it costs her everything-including her own life"--
Subjects: College teachers, fiction, Psychotherapists, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, thrillers, general, College teachers, Fiction
