How Long to Read Some Run Crooked: A Superintendent Simon Kenworthy Novel 5

How Long Does it Take to Read Some Run Crooked: A Superintendent Simon Kenworthy Novel 5?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 3 minutes to read Some Run Crooked: A Superintendent Simon Kenworthy Novel 5 by John Buxton Hilton

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

Description

“There are a thousand paths to the delectable tavern of death, and some run straight and some run crooked.” As regards the deaths recorded here the path runs crooked, very crooked indeed. There lingers at Peak Forest in Derbyshire a curious and ancient anachronistic privilege. A chapel was founded there in the seventeenth century ‘outside the jurisdiction of the bishops’ and the priest was called Principal Official and Judge in Spiritualities in the Peculiar Court of Peak Forest. He had the right to solemnise marriage according to a liberal set of rules – a rival, one might say, to Gretna Green. Julie Wimpole came as a stranger to the nearby village of Peak Low in 1958, and everyone assumed she was there for fifteen days, the qualifying period to allow her to marry her lover. But was she a stranger? Some of the villagers knew more about Julie than they cared to admit – and she about them. What had she known about that other girl also seeking the residential qualifications for a romantic and hasty marriage, who was murdered here in 1940, and how does this relate to the nasty murder of an eloping couple in 1758, and Julie’s own death? Inspector Kenworthy finds himself investigating three murders spread over two hundred years with methods as bizarre and circuitous as ever. In effect a triple whodunit, Some Run Crooked weaves John Buxton Hilton’s knowledge of Derbyshire and of country history and folklore into the construction of a splendidly ingenious and baffling story.

How long is Some Run Crooked: A Superintendent Simon Kenworthy Novel 5?

Some Run Crooked: A Superintendent Simon Kenworthy Novel 5 by John Buxton Hilton is 178 pages long, and a total of 45,924 words.

This makes it 60% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Some Run Crooked: A Superintendent Simon Kenworthy Novel 5 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Some Run Crooked: A Superintendent Simon Kenworthy Novel 5 aloud.

What Reading Level is Some Run Crooked: A Superintendent Simon Kenworthy Novel 5?

Some Run Crooked: A Superintendent Simon Kenworthy Novel 5 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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