How long does it take to read The Nursing Home Murder?
The Nursing Home Murder by Ngaio Marsh takes about 3 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Roderick Alleyn
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About 3 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1935. 194 pages, about 53,350 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
For an unlucky member of parliament, a hospital stay is the unkindest cut of all... When Britain's Home Secretary complained of abdominal pains, it seemed like a simple case of appendicitis. But minutes after his operation, the ill-fated politician lay dead on the table. When Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to dissect the situation, he finds many a likely suspect, including a vengeful surgeon, a lovelorn nurse, an unhappy wife, and a cabinet full of political foes.
Subjects: Fiction, Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character), Police, Private investigators, Serial murders, Arts
