The Murder Before Christmas: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Charlie Kingsley Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Murder Before Christmas runs 6.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kristin James (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.2 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Charlie Kingsley Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 51.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Murder Before Christmas | 6.2 hrs |
| 2 | Ice Cold Murder | 8.3 hrs |
| 3 | Murder Next Door | 8.2 hrs |
| 4 | Murder Among Friends | 8.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Murder of Sleepy Hollow | 6.9 hrs |
| 6 | Red Hot Murder | 7.6 hrs |
| 7 | A Cornucopia of Murder | 5.2 hrs |
More narrated by Kristin James
Kristin James narrates 116 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,022 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,460 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 Murder Before Christmas is book 1 of Michele Pw (pariza Wacek)'s Charlie Kingsley Mysteries series: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin James, released November 2, 2022, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kristin James
- Released
- November 2, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- The Charlie Kingsley Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781945363511
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Murder Before Christmas as an audiobook?
The Murder Before Christmas runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
Is The Murder Before Christmas free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Murder Before Christmas?
The Murder Before Christmas is narrated by Kristin James.