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How long does it take to read The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat?

Enid Blyton

The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat by Enid Blyton takes about 3 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Part of The Five Find-Outers

Previous: The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage Next: The Mystery of Holly Lane

About 3 hours 5 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1948. 168 pages, about 46,200 words. Written for children.

7 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 8 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 5 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 56 minutes

The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Lady Candling lives next door to Pip and Bets, and owns some very expensive cats. When her most famous cat, Dark Queen, goes missing, the gardener's helper, Luke, seems the obvious suspect. The Five Find-Outers must solve the mystery to clear the name of their friend Luke.

Subjects: Children's fiction, Cats, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Five Find-Outers (Fictitious characters), Juvenile fiction

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