How long does it take to read The Name of the Game Was Murder?
The Name of the Game Was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon takes about 3 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1993. 182 pages, about 50,050 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 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When she visits her great-uncle, a successful and self-centered author, at his fortress-like home on Catalina Island, fifteen-year-old Samantha becomes involved in his manipulative game that leads to murder.
Subjects: Authors, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Murder, Mystery and detective stories, juvenile fiction
