Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: Anne Rule's Crime Files, #12: Audiobook
Book 12 of the Ann Rule\\\\\\\'s Crime Files series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: Anne Rule's Crime Files, #12 audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 2,718 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
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- The Villa
- Gentle Rogue
- A Loving Scoundrel
About as long, on the True Crime shelf
348 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
- The Serial Killer Whisperer: How One Man's Tragedy Helped Unlock the Deadliest Secrets of the World's Most Terrifying Killers
- The Library Book
- Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
- American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
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
Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: Anne Rule's Crime Files, #12 is book 12 of Ann Rule's Ann Rule\\\\\\\'s Crime Files series: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released February 24, 2026, on the True Crime shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- February 24, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- True Crime
- Series
- Ann Rule\\\\\\\'s Crime Files #12
- ISBN
- 9781668171271
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: Anne Rule's Crime Files, #12 audiobook?
Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: Anne Rule's Crime Files, #12 runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is the Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: Anne Rule's Crime Files, #12 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: Anne Rule's Crime Files, #12?
Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: Anne Rule's Crime Files, #12 is narrated by Laural Merlington.
Is Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: Anne Rule's Crime Files, #12 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.