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The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King

The Art of Detection: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Kate Martinelli Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Art of Detection runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie and Alyssa Bresnahan (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Art of Detection at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

529 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

The Art of Detection is book 5 of Laurie R. King's Kate Martinelli Mysteries series: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Ian Mackenzie and Alyssa Bresnahan, released June 5, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.7 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Ian Mackenzie, Alyssa Bresnahan
Released
June 5, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Kate Martinelli Mysteries #5
ISBN
9781440756382

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Art of Detection as an audiobook?

The Art of Detection runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.

Is The Art of Detection free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Art of Detection?

The Art of Detection is narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie and Alyssa Bresnahan.

Is The Art of Detection worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.