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Hems and Homicide by Elizabeth Penney

Hems and Homicide: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Apron Shop series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hems and Homicide audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Kim Niemi (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Hems and Homicide at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Apron Shop

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 23.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Hems and Homicide7.6 hrs
2Thread and Dead7.9 hrs
3Bodies and Bows7.7 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,660 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

Hems and Homicide is book 1 of Elizabeth Penney's Apron Shop series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Kim Niemi, released December 31, 2019, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Kim Niemi
Released
December 31, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
Series
Apron Shop #1
ISBN
9781541431331

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hems and Homicide audiobook?

Hems and Homicide runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is the Hems and Homicide audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Hems and Homicide?

Hems and Homicide is narrated by Kim Niemi.