Books like The Progress of a Crime
Julian Symons
The Progress of a Crime is 256 pages, about 4 hours 42 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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Whip Hand 5.6 h 
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LaBrava 5.3 h 
The Moonstone 8.2 h 
The Big Four 4.1 h 
Five Little Pigs 4.4 h 
The Man in the Brown Suit 4.2 h 
4:50 from Paddington 4.7 h 
Evil Under the Sun 4.1 h 
Peril at End House 4.1 h 
They Do It with Mirrors 3.8 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.