The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators runs 17.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Charles Armstrong (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Charles Armstrong
Charles Armstrong narrates 111 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,099 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
319 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Good Daughter
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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 Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators is an audiobook by Martin Edwards: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Charles Armstrong, released May 26, 2022, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charles Armstrong
- Released
- May 26, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- ISBN
- 9780008192464
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators as an audiobook?
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.
Is The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators?
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators is narrated by Charles Armstrong.
Is The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.