How long does it take to read Tied Up in Tinsel?
Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh takes about 4 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 4 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1970. 259 pages, about 71,225 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 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A Christmas pageant turns unholy. Holed up at Hilary Bill-Tasman's manor estate for Christmas, Troy Alleyn is to paint the man's portrait and, while she's there, view the Druid Christmas pageant. Along with a pack of eccentric guests, Troy enjoys the festivities-- until one of the pageant's players mysteriously disappears into the snowy night. Did the hired help-- each a paroled murderer from the nearby prison-- have a deadly hand in this Christmas conundrum? Inspector Roderick Alleyn arrives to join his wife in finding the lost man-- and unraveling the glaring truth from the glittering tinsel.
Subjects: Fiction, Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character), Police, Murder, Investigation, England, fiction
