The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Chief Inspector Gamache Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ralph Cosham (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 80.5 hours before it; books 1 to 21 run 271.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 9.6 hrs |
| 2 | A Fatal Grace: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 10.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Cruelest Month: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 11.8 hrs |
| 4 | A Rule Against Murder: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 10.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 13.2 hrs |
| 6 | Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 12.7 hrs |
| 7 | A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 11.8 hrs |
| 8 | The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 13.6 hrs |
| 9 | How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 15 hrs |
| 10 | The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 12.1 hrs |
| 11 | The Nature of the Beast: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | 12.7 hrs |
| 12 | A Great Reckoning | 13.6 hrs |
More narrated by Ralph Cosham
Ralph Cosham narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 574 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,453 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
The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel is book 8 of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache Novel series: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Ralph Cosham, released August 28, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ralph Cosham
- Released
- August 28, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #8
- ISBN
- 9781427226105
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel as an audiobook?
The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel?
The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel is narrated by Ralph Cosham.
Is The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.