Mum's the Word: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Flower Shop Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mum's the Word audiobook runs 9.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Elise Arsenault (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Flower Shop Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 27 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum's the Word | 9.3 hrs |
| 2 | Slay It with Flowers | 9.3 hrs |
| 3 | Dearly Depotted | 8.5 hrs |
More narrated by Elise Arsenault
Elise Arsenault narrates 140 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,267 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,110 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
Mum's the Word is book 1 of Kate Collins's Flower Shop Mystery series: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Elise Arsenault, released May 27, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elise Arsenault
- Released
- May 27, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Flower Shop Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781515977490
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Mum's the Word audiobook?
Mum's the Word runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is the Mum's the Word audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Mum's the Word?
Mum's the Word is narrated by Elise Arsenault.