How long does it take to read The Michael Innes Omnibus?
Death at the president's lodging ; Hamlet, revenge! ; The daffodil affair
The Michael Innes Omnibus by Michael Innes takes about 12 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 13 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1983. 666 pages, about 183,150 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
> Three tensely exhilarating novels Death at the President's Lodging, Hamlet, Revenge! and The Daffodil Affair make up >THE MICHAEL INNES OMNIBUS >Clues baffle and suspects abound when Inspector John Appleby is called upon to tackle the macabre murder of a University President, the shooting of the Lord Chancellor while he was acting the part of Polonius, and the simultaneous disappearance in wartime of a half-witted girl from London and a half-witted horse from Harrogate. >>'A master - he constructs a plot that twists and turns like an electric eel: it gives you shock upon shock and you cannot let go' - The Times Literary Supplement >Death at the President's Lodging was originally published in the United States under the title Seven Suspects
Subjects: Sir Appleby, John (Fictitious character), English Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, English, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general