Blue Shoes and Happiness: Audiobook
Book 7 of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blue Shoes and Happiness audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Lisette Lecat (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 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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What our data says
- At 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 48.4 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 90.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | 8.2 hrs |
| 2 | Tears of the Giraffe | 7.8 hrs |
| 3 | Morality for Beautiful Girls | 8.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Kalahari Typing School for Men | 7.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Full Cupboard of Life | 7.7 hrs |
| 6 | In the Company of Cheerful Ladies | 9.5 hrs |
| 7 | Blue Shoes and Happiness | 8.3 hrs |
| 8 | The Good Husband of Zebra Drive | 8.4 hrs |
| 9 | The Miracle at Speedy Motors | 8.6 hrs |
| 10 | Tea Time for the Traditionally Built | 8.4 hrs |
| 11 | The Double Comfort Safari Club | 8.3 hrs |
More narrated by Lisette Lecat
Lisette Lecat narrates 32 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 300 hours in all.
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Purple Hibiscus
- Tears of the Giraffe
- Morality for Beautiful Girls
- Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,607 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
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
Blue Shoes and Happiness is book 7 of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisette Lecat, released April 10, 2006, on the Police & Detective and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lisette Lecat
- Released
- April 10, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Contemporary Women
- Series
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #7
- ISBN
- 9781436101769
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blue Shoes and Happiness audiobook?
Blue Shoes and Happiness runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
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Who narrates Blue Shoes and Happiness?
Blue Shoes and Happiness is narrated by Lisette Lecat.