Shutter Island

★ 4.3 avg 792 votes 18 reviews 27 want to read

About this book

U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, come to Shutter Island's Ashcliffe Hospital in search of an escaped mental patient, but uncover true wickedness as Ashcliffe's mysterious patient treatments propel them to the brink of insanity.

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4.3/5 · 792 readers · 380 pages · ≈ 7 h 02 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Shutter Island?

About ≈ 7 h 02 m — 380 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mShutter Island~7 h 02 m

How many pages is Shutter Island?

380 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Shutter Island380

What genre is Shutter Island?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Has Shutter Island been made into a movie or TV show?

Yes — screen adaptations include Shutter Island (2010).

Is Shutter Island in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does Shutter Island take place?

It is set in Massachusetts.

Who wrote Shutter Island?

Dennis Lehane.

Setting Massachusetts