It takes the average reader 2 hours and 36 minutes to read The Angel by Gerald Verner
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Angela Kesson leads a luxury lifestyle in London, but has a treacherous source of income...Angela makes her money by ensnaring men of undesirable reputation with her striking good looks and robbing them of their valuables while they sleep. She is the unsuspecting thief, dubbed "The Angel" for her beauty, until now. Detective-Inspector Jimmy Holland has had his eye on "The Angel" for a long time and when one of her burglaries goes wrong and the unsavoury man she was last seen with is found brutally murdered in his home, Holland believes he has caught the spider in her own web.Except, Angela Kesson is innocent--of this crime at least.And the real killer is out there, looking for a critical item Angela found in the man's home the night of the murder. In investigating the murder, Holland finds that things are not what they seem.Is "The Angel" tangling him up in new lies, or is there somebody else spinning the web?The Angelis a chilling mystery filled with twists and turns. Praise for Gerald Verner 'A gripping murder mystery' - Thomas Waugh Gerald Verner (1897-1980) was the pseudonym of British writer John Robert Stuart Pringle. Born in London, Verner wrote more than 120 novels that have been translated in over 35 languages, and many of his books have been adapted into films, radio serials and stage plays. Verner also wrote forty-four Sexton Blake tales.
The Angel by Gerald Verner is 154 pages long, and a total of 39,116 words.
This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 48% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 33 minutes to read The Angel aloud.
The Angel is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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