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Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries by M. C. Beaton

Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries: Audiobook

Book 12 of the Hamish Macbeth Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Antony Ferguson (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.1listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Hamish Macbeth Mysteries

This is book 12. Books 1 to 11 run 56.9 hours before it; books 1 to 27 run 151.5 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,489 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

Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries is book 12 of M. C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth Mysteries series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Antony Ferguson, released February 1, 2014, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.1 hrs
Narrated by
Antony Ferguson
Released
February 1, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Fiction
Series
The Hamish Macbeth Mysteries #12
ISBN
9781483002842

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries audiobook?

Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is the Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries?

Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries is narrated by Antony Ferguson.

Is Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.