How long does it take to read Third Girl?
Third Girl by Agatha Christie takes about 4 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 39 of Canon of Hercule Poirot
Previous: The Clocks Next: Hallowe'en Party
About 4 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1966. 255 pages, about 70,125 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 99 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient personal secretary; the second an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot's breakfast of 'Brioche' and 'Chocolat' insisting she is a murderer – and then promptly disappears. Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumours surrounding the mysterious third girl, her family – and her disappearance. Yet hard evidence is needed before the great detective can pronounce her guilty, innocent or insane…
Subjects: Fiction, Mystery, Belgians, Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character)
