The Purrfect Murder: Audiobook
Book 16 of the Mrs. Murphy Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Purrfect Murder runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Forbes (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 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 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mrs. Murphy Mysteries
This is book 16. Books 1 to 15 run 132.5 hours before it; books 1 to 34 run 293 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wish You Were Here | 8.1 hrs |
| 2 | Rest in Pieces | 9 hrs |
| 3 | Murder at Monticello | 8.5 hrs |
| 4 | Pay Dirt | 7.4 hrs |
| 5 | Murder, She Meowed | 8.2 hrs |
| 6 | Murder on the Prowl | 9.2 hrs |
| 7 | Cat on the Scent | 8.5 hrs |
| 8 | Pawing Through the Past | 9.7 hrs |
| 9 | Claws and Effect | 8.8 hrs |
| 10 | Catch As Cat Can | 9.7 hrs |
| 11 | The Tail of the Tip-Off | 10.1 hrs |
| 12 | Whisker of Evil | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Forbes
Kate Forbes narrates 210 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,016 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,732 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)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
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 Purrfect Murder is book 16 of Rita Mae Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Forbes, released March 14, 2008, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Forbes
- Released
- March 14, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Mrs. Murphy Mysteries #16
- ISBN
- 9781436117128
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Purrfect Murder as an audiobook?
The Purrfect Murder runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The Purrfect Murder free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Purrfect Murder?
The Purrfect Murder is narrated by Kate Forbes.