A Hiss Before Dying: Audiobook
Book 26 of the Mrs. Murphy Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Hiss Before Dying runs 11.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Forbes (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mrs. Murphy Mysteries
This is book 26. Books 1 to 25 run 210.3 hours before it; books 1 to 34 run 293 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wish You Were Here | 8.1 hrs |
| 2 | Rest in Pieces | 9 hrs |
| 3 | Murder at Monticello | 8.5 hrs |
| 4 | Pay Dirt | 7.4 hrs |
| 5 | Murder, She Meowed | 8.2 hrs |
| 6 | Murder on the Prowl | 9.2 hrs |
| 7 | Cat on the Scent | 8.5 hrs |
| 8 | Pawing Through the Past | 9.7 hrs |
| 9 | Claws and Effect | 8.8 hrs |
| 10 | Catch As Cat Can | 9.7 hrs |
| 11 | The Tail of the Tip-Off | 10.1 hrs |
| 12 | Whisker of Evil | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Forbes
Kate Forbes narrates 210 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,016 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,871 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 Hiss Before Dying is book 26 of Sneaky Pie Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries series: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Forbes, released May 30, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Forbes
- Released
- May 30, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Mrs. Murphy Mysteries #26
- ISBN
- 9781501955648
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Hiss Before Dying as an audiobook?
A Hiss Before Dying runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is A Hiss Before Dying free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Hiss Before Dying?
A Hiss Before Dying is narrated by Kate Forbes.
Is A Hiss Before Dying worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.7 hours.