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A Case of Bad Taste by Lori Copeland

A Case of Bad Taste: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Morning Shade Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Case of Bad Taste runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Case of Bad Taste at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Morning Shade Mysteries

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 18 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Case of Bad Taste8.5 hrs
2A Case of Crooked Letters9.5 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,785 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 Case of Bad Taste is book 1 of Lori Copeland's Morning Shade Mysteries series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis, released April 29, 2011, on the Police & Detective and Religious Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Cristine McMurdo-Wallis
Released
April 29, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Religious Fiction
Series
Morning Shade Mysteries #1
ISBN
9781461800316

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Case of Bad Taste as an audiobook?

A Case of Bad Taste runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is A Case of Bad Taste free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Case of Bad Taste?

A Case of Bad Taste is narrated by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis.