The Novel Art of Murder: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Mystery Bookshop series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Novel Art of Murder runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Rudd (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mystery Bookshop
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 14.2 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 43 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Plot is Murder | 6.8 hrs |
| 2 | Read Herring Hunt | 7.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Novel Art of Murder | 8.1 hrs |
| 4 | Wed, Read & Dead | 7.3 hrs |
| 5 | Bookmarked for Murder | 6.9 hrs |
| 6 | A Tourist's Guide to Murder | 6.5 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Rudd
Kate Rudd narrates 474 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,991 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,343 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
- The People vs. Alex Cross
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 Novel Art of Murder is book 3 of V.M. Burns's Mystery Bookshop series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Rudd, released February 23, 2026, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Rudd
- Released
- February 23, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Mystery Bookshop #3
- ISBN
- 9781666695762
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Novel Art of Murder as an audiobook?
The Novel Art of Murder runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Novel Art of Murder free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Novel Art of Murder?
The Novel Art of Murder is narrated by Kate Rudd.