Murder in the Reading Room: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Book Retreat Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Murder in the Reading Room audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Johanna Parker (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Book Retreat Mystery
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 36.1 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 61 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder in the Mystery Suite | 8.8 hrs |
| 2 | Murder in the Paperback Parlor | 8.9 hrs |
| 3 | Murder in the Secret Garden | 8.9 hrs |
| 4 | Murder in the Locked Library | 9.4 hrs |
| 5 | Murder in the Reading Room | 8.5 hrs |
| 6 | Murder in the Storybook Cottage | 8.2 hrs |
| 7 | Murder in the Cookbook Nook | 8.2 hrs |
More narrated by Johanna Parker
Johanna Parker narrates 120 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 949 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,191 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Murder in the Reading Room is book 5 of Ellery Adams's Book Retreat Mystery series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Johanna Parker, released April 30, 2019, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Johanna Parker
- Released
- April 30, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Book Retreat Mystery #5
- ISBN
- 9781541475229
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Murder in the Reading Room audiobook?
Murder in the Reading Room runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the Murder in the Reading Room audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Murder in the Reading Room?
Murder in the Reading Room is narrated by Johanna Parker.