How long does it take to read The Naming of the Dead?
The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin takes about 8 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 16 of Inspector Rebus
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About 8 hours 39 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2006. 472 pages, about 129,800 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in the country is needed for front-line duty...except one. John Rebus's reputation precedes him, and his bosses don't want him anywhere near Presidents Bush and Putin, which explains why he's manning an abandoned police station when a call comes in. During a preconference dinner at Edinburgh Castle, a delegate has fallen to his death. Accident, suicide, or something altogether more sinister? And is it linked to a grisly find close to the site of the gathering? Are the world's most powerful men at risk from a killer? While the government and secret services attempt to hush the whole thing up, Rebus knows he has only seventy-two hours to find the answers.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Police, Inspector Rebus (Fictitious character), Fiction, Serial murderers, Group of Eight (Organization)
