Murder in the Margins: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Open Book Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Murder in the Margins audiobook runs 7.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Marnye Young (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Open Book Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 28.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder in the Margins | 7.8 hrs |
| 2 | A Fatal Footnote | 7.1 hrs |
| 3 | Peril on the Page | 6.8 hrs |
| 4 | A Deadly Dedication | 6.9 hrs |
More narrated by Marnye Young
Marnye Young narrates 201 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,706 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,904 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
Murder in the Margins is book 1 of Margaret Loudon's Open Book Mysteries series: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Marnye Young, released March 16, 2021, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marnye Young
- Released
- March 16, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Open Book Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781666110661
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Murder in the Margins audiobook?
Murder in the Margins runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is the Murder in the Margins audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Murder in the Margins?
Murder in the Margins is narrated by Marnye Young.