A Literal Mess: A bookish, small town, cozy mystery with a literary agent sleuth: Audiobook
Book 1 of the An Allie Cobb Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Literal Mess: A bookish, small town, cozy mystery with a literary agent sleuth runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kelly Burke (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on An Allie Cobb Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 25.3 hours in all.
More narrated by Kelly Burke
Kelly Burke narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 541 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,500 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Literal Mess: A bookish, small town, cozy mystery with a literary agent sleuth is book 1 of J. C. Kenney's An Allie Cobb Mystery series: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kelly Burke, released January 15, 2026, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kelly Burke
- Released
- January 15, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- An Allie Cobb Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9788727274942
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Literal Mess: A bookish, small town, cozy mystery with a literary agent sleuth as an audiobook?
A Literal Mess: A bookish, small town, cozy mystery with a literary agent sleuth runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is A Literal Mess: A bookish, small town, cozy mystery with a literary agent sleuth free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Literal Mess: A bookish, small town, cozy mystery with a literary agent sleuth?
A Literal Mess: A bookish, small town, cozy mystery with a literary agent sleuth is narrated by Kelly Burke.