How long does it take to read Vintage Murder?
Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 5 of Roderick Alleyn
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About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1937. 256 pages, about 70,400 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 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 38 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Death served well-chilled The leading lady of a theater company touring New Zealand was stunningly beautiful. No one-including her lover-understood why she married the company's pudgy producer. But did she rig a huge jeroboam of champagne to kill her husband during a cast party? Did her sweetheart? Or was another villain waiting in the wings? On a holiday down under, Inspector Roderick Alleyn must uncork this mystery and uncover a devious killer...
Subjects: Fiction, Roderick Alleyn (Fictitious character), Police, New Zealand fiction, Theatrical companies, English
