Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bobbi Sue Baxter Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind audiobook runs 6.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.6 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bobbi Sue Baxter Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 18.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind | 6.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Body Electrocution | 5.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Edge of Knife | 6.3 hrs |
More narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya
Jennifer Jill Araya narrates 375 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,909 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,132 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
Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind is book 1 of Marissa Shrock's Bobbi Sue Baxter Mysteries series: a 6.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Jennifer Jill Araya, released September 9, 2022, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jennifer Jill Araya
- Released
- September 9, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Bobbi Sue Baxter Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9798822604247
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind audiobook?
Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind runs 6.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
Is the Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind?
Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind is narrated by Jennifer Jill Araya.