How Long to Read Seven the Hard Way

By Steve Laracy

How Long Does it Take to Read Seven the Hard Way?

It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Seven the Hard Way by Steve Laracy

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Jack Kovacs, kicked off the police force, becomes a private detective in 1920s Chicago. Seven the Hard Way is a collection of six short stories and one novella tracing Kovacs's life from the Prohibition era to the late 1940s."Hard Winter Night"-Kovacs helps a woman who owes money, money she can't repay, to a mob boss."Good Day for a Massacre"-Caught up in two events of 1929, the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and the stock market crash, Kovacs travels Route 66 to Oklahoma, searching for a runaway wife and a box of ancient coins."Crooked Alley"-A murder in the alley behind Kovacs's office building sends him searching for a book the mob wants to recover and the woman who took it."Kovacs Alone" (novella)-Kovacs revisits old neighborhoods and retraces his life while trying to solve four murders. The only apparent connection to the four murders-Kovacs himself."Aladdin's Castle"-The kidnapping of an executive for a novelties company climaxes in a hunt around an amusement park."Down for the Count"-Trying to help a woman locate a missing boyfriend, Kovacs finds murder in Milwaukee."Ten Cents a Dance"-Nearing retirement, Kovacs finds a corpse in the Chicago stockyards and takes a final shot at romance with a dime-a-dance girl.

How long is Seven the Hard Way?

Seven the Hard Way by Steve Laracy is 180 pages long, and a total of 45,000 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Seven the Hard Way Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 5 minutes to read Seven the Hard Way aloud.

What Reading Level is Seven the Hard Way?

Seven the Hard Way is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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