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Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith

Precious and Grace: Audiobook

Book 17 of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Precious and Grace audiobook runs 9.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Lisette Lecat (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.8listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.8 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,635 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

Precious and Grace is book 17 of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisette Lecat, released October 11, 2016, on the Police & Detective and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.8 hrs
Narrated by
Lisette Lecat
Released
October 11, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Contemporary Women
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #17
ISBN
9781501930225

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Precious and Grace audiobook?

Precious and Grace runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is the Precious and Grace audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Precious and Grace?

Precious and Grace is narrated by Lisette Lecat.