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The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith

The Miracle at Speedy Motors: Audiobook

Book 9 of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Miracle at Speedy Motors runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lisette Lecat (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Miracle at Speedy Motors at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 65 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 90.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency8.2 hrs
2Tears of the Giraffe7.8 hrs
3Morality for Beautiful Girls8.1 hrs
4The Kalahari Typing School for Men7.1 hrs
5The Full Cupboard of Life7.7 hrs
6In the Company of Cheerful Ladies9.5 hrs
7Blue Shoes and Happiness8.3 hrs
8The Good Husband of Zebra Drive8.4 hrs
9The Miracle at Speedy Motors8.6 hrs
10Tea Time for the Traditionally Built8.4 hrs
11The Double Comfort Safari Club8.3 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,885 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 Miracle at Speedy Motors is book 9 of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisette Lecat, released April 25, 2008, on the Police & Detective and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Lisette Lecat
Released
April 25, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Contemporary Women
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #9
ISBN
9781436133081

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Miracle at Speedy Motors as an audiobook?

The Miracle at Speedy Motors runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is The Miracle at Speedy Motors free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Miracle at Speedy Motors?

The Miracle at Speedy Motors is narrated by Lisette Lecat.