How long does it take to read Wildfire at Midnight?
Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart takes about 4 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 1956. 219 pages, about 60,225 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 34 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Lovely, successful fashion model Gianetta Brooke is on the verge of a breakdown when her boss sends her away for a month of complete rest and quiet. A remote hotel in the Hebrides, favored by climbers and anglers rather than the smart set, seems like just the ticket. If only there hadn't been a gruesome murder there. If only Gianetta's ex-husband Nick hadn't showed up. If only Gianetta hadn't stumbled across a key piece of evidence that seems to point right at Nick...
Subjects: Fiction, Man-woman relationships, Man-woman relationships in fiction, Murder in fiction, Murder, Fiction, general