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A Brush with Murder by Bailee Abbott

A Brush with Murder: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Paint by Murder Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Brush with Murder runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.7 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Paint by Murder Mystery Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 19 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Brush with Murder9.7 hrs
2Kill Them with Canvas9.2 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,788 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

A Brush with Murder is book 1 of Bailee Abbott's Paint by Murder Mystery series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jennifer Jill Araya, released October 21, 2021, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.7 hrs
Narrated by
Jennifer Jill Araya
Released
October 21, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
Series
Paint by Murder Mystery Series #1
ISBN
9781666520798

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Brush with Murder as an audiobook?

A Brush with Murder runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Is A Brush with Murder free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Brush with Murder?

A Brush with Murder is narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya.