The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Bowlby (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stephen Bowlby
Stephen Bowlby narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,367 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
1,030 Arts & Entertainment 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 Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir is an audiobook by David Lehman: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Bowlby, released October 18, 2022, on the Arts & Entertainment and Literature shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Bowlby
- Released
- October 18, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment, Literature
- ISBN
- 9798765041765
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir as an audiobook?
The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir?
The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir is narrated by Stephen Bowlby.