It takes the average reader 4 hours and 46 minutes to read The Box by Victoria M. Patton
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Read this edge of your seat police procedural thriller with just enough creepiness to keep you up at night. If you love CSI and Criminal Minds and books with a paranormal twist, serial killers, and cold case mysteries with strong characters, and the feel of real-life murder investigations, then read this book and series today. A cold case, a serial killer, and a dead girl that won’t go away. Profiler FBI Agent Derek Reed is dealing with a costly mistake. A mistake leaving him with horrible physical injuries, plagued by nightmares, and the harsh reality a girl is dead because of him. Forced into a sixty-day medical leave, he heads from Arizona to Tennessee to see his family. Using his love of photography, he decides taking photos of old abandoned buildings will help distract him from the mess he’s made. When he finds an old tin box at a farmhouse, he’s sure his luck is about to change. But instead of a treasure, he finds the trophies of a serial killer. Four photos of four girls. Murdered over the course of one year, beginning in 1985. Current cases are hard enough, but tracking a killer from over thirty years ago is almost impossible. Knowing he can’t ask for help from his unit, he questions if he should bury the box and walk away. Not being able to leave a puzzle unsolved, Derek decides to hunt for a killer. Driven by guilt, he hopes solving this case will help him atone for his past sins—a deadly mistake from his childhood. But chasing a ghost from the past stirs up old memories. Memories Derek buried for a reason. The Box is a forensic thriller with a paranormal twist and Book 1 in the Derek Reed Series. Buy your copy today! Victoria M. Patton combines forensics and police work with just enough humor. Her unique way of writing will have you on a roller coaster ride of emotions and keep you turning pages well past your bedtime. Visit her website whiskeyandwriting.com to learn more about her and sign up for sneak peaks of her books, what murders she’s plotting, and what whiskey she is currently drinking.
The Box by Victoria M. Patton is 283 pages long, and a total of 71,599 words.
This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 31 minutes to read The Box aloud.
The Box is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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