How long does it take to read With a Bare Bodkin?
With a Bare Bodkin by Cyril Hare takes about 3 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1946. 204 pages, about 56,100 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Inspector Mallett mystery - 5 Francis Pettigrew mystery - 2 England at War. The Blitz has forced the evacuation of many government offices from London, and Francis Pettigrew dutifully follows his Ministry to the distant seaside resort of Marsett Bay in the north of England. The disgruntled community of civil servants must provide their own entertainment in their provincial exile, and when one of their members turns out to be a mystery writer in civilian life an amusing parlour game of 'plan the perfect murder' is soon in full swing. Pettigrew remains aloof, until a victim, a real one, is discovered - slain by a common office utensil.
Subjects: Fiction, Francis Pettigrew (Fictitious character), Inspector Mallett (fictitious character), Mystery and detective stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Lawyers, fiction
