How long does it take to read Trouble Is My Business?
Trouble Is My Business by Raymond Chandler takes about 4 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 245 pages, about 67,375 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A private detective is hired to break up an unsuitable romance, find a missing dog, solve a murder, search for an ex-con's lost girlfriend, ransom a necklace, and investigate a wife's mysterious disappearance.
Subjects: Private investigators, Fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Philip Marlowe (Fictitious character), American Short stories, American fiction
