How long does it take to read The Riddle of the Reluctant Rake?
The Riddle of the Reluctant Rake by Patricia Veryan takes about 5 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 309 pages, about 84,975 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Lieutenant-Colonel Hastings Adair, best friend of Captain Jack Vespa, the dashing hero of Veryan's last two novels, wakes up in the arms of an unwed noblewoman, scandalizing all of London, and in attempting to right things, runs straight into a government conspiracy.
Subjects: Romance fiction, Regency romance, fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, general, England, fiction
