How Long to Read The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries

How Long Does it Take to Read The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries?

It takes the average reader 16 hours and 9 minutes to read The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries by Otto Penzler

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

Description

The Most Complete Collection of Impossible Crime Stories Ever Assembled, with puzzling mysteries by Stephen King, Dashiell Hammett, Lawrence Block, Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, Dorothy L. Sayers, P. G. Wodehouse, Erle Stanley Gardner, and many, many more THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF LOCKED-ROOM MYSTERIES: An empty desert, a lonely ski slope, a gentleman’s study, an elevator car—nowhere is a crime completely impossible. Edgar Award–winning editor Otto Penzler has collected sixty-eight of the all-time best impossible-crime stories from almost two hundred years of the genre. In addition to the many classic examples of the form—a case of murder in a locked room or otherwise inaccessible place, solved by a brilliant sleuth—this collection expands the definition of the locked room to include tales of unbelievable thefts and incredible disappearances. Among these pages you’ll find stories with evocative titles like “The Flying Death”, “The Man From Nowhere”, “A Terribly Strange Bed”, and “The Theft of the Bermuda Penny”, not to mention appearances by some of the cleverest characters in all of crime, including Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, Georges Simenon’s Jules Maigret, Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op, and many more. Featuring • Unconventional means of murder • Pilfered jewels • Shocking solutions Includes • Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, the first detective story and the first locked-room mystery • Masters of the short story form: Edward D. Hoch, Ellery Queen, Carter Dickson, and Stanley Ellin A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL

How long is The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries?

The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries by Otto Penzler is 962 pages long, and a total of 242,424 words.

This makes it 325% the length of the average book. It also has 296% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 22 hours and 4 minutes to read The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries aloud.

What Reading Level is The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries?

The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries is suitable for students ages 12 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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