The House of Unexpected Sisters: Audiobook
Book 18 of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The House of Unexpected Sisters runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lisette Lecat (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Lisette Lecat
Lisette Lecat narrates 32 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 300 hours in all.
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Purple Hibiscus
- Tears of the Giraffe
- Morality for Beautiful Girls
- Blue Shoes and Happiness
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,896 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 House of Unexpected Sisters is book 18 of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisette Lecat, released November 7, 2017, on the Police & Detective and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lisette Lecat
- Released
- November 7, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Contemporary Women
- Series
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #18
- ISBN
- 9781501974137
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The House of Unexpected Sisters as an audiobook?
The House of Unexpected Sisters runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The House of Unexpected Sisters free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The House of Unexpected Sisters?
The House of Unexpected Sisters is narrated by Lisette Lecat.