How Long to Read The Unexpected Death of Father Wilfred

How Long Does it Take to Read The Unexpected Death of Father Wilfred?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 31 minutes to read The Unexpected Death of Father Wilfred by Julius Falconer

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

Description

One February evening in the year 1968, Fr Wilfred, the parish priest of the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Droitwich, tumbles out of his confessional, stabbed to death. His older sister demands the best detective in the force, and Stan Wickfield is appointed to the case. Unfortunately he cannot identify either the means or the motive of the murder, much less the perpetrator. His investigation leads him through the highways and byways of tensions in the Catholic Church in the wake of the Second Vatican Council and brings him face to face with anti-Catholic sentiment in the local population. His suspects include an eccentric and learned septuagenarian spinster who quotes d’Azeglio every time they meet, a school technician rejected for the priesthood because of his sexuality, the custodian of Kenilworth Castle and a bookmaker with a taste for anti-papal sentiment. Motives for the priest’s death waver confusingly between contempt for his office, disapproval of a teenage indiscretion, personal hatred and suicide. Wickfield is at his wits’ end until his wife’s reading – a novella by Nicholas Montserrat – prods him towards a triumphant solution. The story comes to a dramatic climax in two sermons preached by the dead priest’s curate, Fr Gabriel. Julius Falconer never fails to write serious and stimulating stories with humour, a wealth of researched detail and subtle plots. Book reviews online: PublishedBestsellers website.

How long is The Unexpected Death of Father Wilfred?

The Unexpected Death of Father Wilfred by Julius Falconer is 147 pages long, and a total of 37,779 words.

This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Unexpected Death of Father Wilfred Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 26 minutes to read The Unexpected Death of Father Wilfred aloud.

What Reading Level is The Unexpected Death of Father Wilfred?

The Unexpected Death of Father Wilfred 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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