Once Upon a Murder: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Lady Librarian Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Once Upon a Murder audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Marni Penning (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 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 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lady Librarian Mysteries
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.3 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 35.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Novel Disguise | 9.3 hrs |
| 2 | Once Upon a Murder | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | A Poetic Pox | 8.8 hrs |
| 4 | A Staged Death | 8.3 hrs |
More narrated by Marni Penning
Marni Penning narrates 263 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,010 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,136 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
Once Upon a Murder is book 2 of Samantha Larsen's Lady Librarian Mysteries series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Marni Penning, released February 20, 2024, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marni Penning
- Released
- February 20, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Lady Librarian Mysteries #2
- ISBN
- 9781666655148
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Once Upon a Murder audiobook?
Once Upon a Murder runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is the Once Upon a Murder audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Once Upon a Murder?
Once Upon a Murder is narrated by Marni Penning.