How long does it take to read The Potter's Field?
The Potter's Field by Andrea Camilleri takes about 5 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 17 of Commissario Montalbano
Previous: The Track of Sand Next: The Age of Doubt
About 5 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 277 pages, about 76,175 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An unidentified corpse is found near Vigàta, a town known for its soil rich with potter's clay. Meanwhile, a woman reports the disappearance of her husband, a Colombian man with Sicilian origins who turns out to be related to a local mobster. Then Inspector Montalbano remembers the story from the Bible-- Judas's betrayal, the act of remorse, and the money for the potter's field, where those of unknown or foreign origin are to be buried-- and slowly, through myriad betrayals, finds his way to the solution to the crime.
Subjects: Murder, Investigation, Salvo Montalbano (Fictitious character), Fiction, Salvo Montalbano (Fictional character), Fiction, mystery & detective, general
