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How long does it take to read The Secret?

Lee Child, Andrew Grant

The Secret by Lee Child, Andrew Grant takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Book 28 of Jack Reacher

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About 5 hours 34 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2023. 304 pages, about 83,600 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 17 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 34 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 29 minutes

The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

1992- Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look like accidents and don’t appear to be connected. Until one body – the victim of a fatal fall from a hospital window – generates some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who promptly calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher is assigned as the Army's representative. Reacher may be an exceptional soldier, but sweeping other people's secrets under the carpet isn't part of his skill set. As he races to discover the link between these victims, and who killed them, he must navigate around the ulterior motives of his new 'partners'. And all while moving into the sight line of some of the most dangerous people he has ever encountered. His mission is to uncover the truth. The question will Reacher bring the bad guys to justice the official way . . . or his way?

Subjects: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Action

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