Bells, Tails & Murder: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dickens & Christie Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bells, Tails & Murder audiobook runs 6.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Alex Picard (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.5 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Dickens & Christie Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 12 run 85.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bells, Tails & Murder | 6.5 hrs |
| 2 | Pumpkins, Paws & Murder | 7.1 hrs |
| 3 | Whiskers, Wreaths & Murder | 7.5 hrs |
| 4 | Collectors, Cats & Murder | 8.2 hrs |
| 5 | Castles, Catnip & Murder | 8 hrs |
| 6 | Bicycles, Barking & Murder | 7.1 hrs |
| 7 | Pets, Pens & Murder | 7.5 hrs |
| 8 | Candy Canes, Canines & Crime | 5.2 hrs |
| 9 | Pawprints, Prose & Murder | 8.6 hrs |
| 10 | Puzzles, Purrs & Murder | 6.9 hrs |
| 11 | Manuscripts, Meows & Murder | 6.4 hrs |
| 12 | Paintings, Puppies & Murder | 6.5 hrs |
More narrated by Alex Picard
Alex Picard narrates 117 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 933 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,917 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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
Bells, Tails & Murder is book 1 of Kathy Manos Penn's Dickens & Christie Mystery series: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Picard, released April 15, 2025, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Picard
- Released
- April 15, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Dickens & Christie Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9798331913960
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bells, Tails & Murder audiobook?
Bells, Tails & Murder runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is the Bells, Tails & Murder audiobook free?
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Who narrates Bells, Tails & Murder?
Bells, Tails & Murder is narrated by Alex Picard.