A Scandal in Scarlet: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Scandal in Scarlet runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kim Hicks (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 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 |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 25.5 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 95.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elementary, She Read | 8.4 hrs |
| 2 | Body on Baker Street | 8.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Cat of the Baskervilles | 8.3 hrs |
| 4 | A Scandal in Scarlet | 8.5 hrs |
| 5 | There's a Murder Afoot | 8.8 hrs |
| 6 | A Curious Incident | 8.4 hrs |
| 7 | A Three Book Problem | 9.3 hrs |
| 8 | The Game Is a Footnote | 9.2 hrs |
| 9 | The Sign of Four Spirits | 8.4 hrs |
| 10 | The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime | 9 hrs |
| 11 | The Devil in the Details: A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery | 8.4 hrs |
More narrated by Kim Hicks
Kim Hicks narrates 23 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 187 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,887 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 Scandal in Scarlet is book 4 of Vicki Delany's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kim Hicks, released November 13, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kim Hicks
- Released
- November 13, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery #4
- ISBN
- 9781666570595
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Scandal in Scarlet as an audiobook?
A Scandal in Scarlet runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is A Scandal in Scarlet free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Scandal in Scarlet?
A Scandal in Scarlet is narrated by Kim Hicks.