The Bursting Balloons Mystery: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Max and Maddy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bursting Balloons Mystery runs 1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alexander McCall Smith (about 0.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 1 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Max and Maddy Series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 1 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chocolate Money Mystery | 1 hrs |
| 2 | The Bursting Balloons Mystery | 1 hrs |
More narrated by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 23 hours in all.
About as long, on the Kids shelf
1,494 Kids 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 Bursting Balloons Mystery is book 2 of Alexander McCall Smith's Max and Maddy series: a 1-hour unabridged recording, read by Alexander McCall Smith, released September 3, 2015, on the Kids shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Released
- September 3, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Kids
- Series
- Max and Maddy Series #2
- ISBN
- 9781510018426
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bursting Balloons Mystery as an audiobook?
The Bursting Balloons Mystery runs 1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.7 hours.
Is The Bursting Balloons Mystery free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bursting Balloons Mystery?
The Bursting Balloons Mystery is narrated by Alexander McCall Smith.