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The Specimens: A bold retelling of Burke and Hare’s crimes from the women closest to the gruesome truth by Mairi Kidd

The Specimens: A bold retelling of Burke and Hare’s crimes from the women closest to the gruesome truth: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Specimens: A bold retelling of Burke and Hare’s crimes from the women closest to the gruesome truth runs 9.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gerda Stevenson (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.1listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 9.1 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Specimens: A bold retelling of Burke and Hare’s crimes from the women closest to the gruesome truth is an audiobook by Mairi Kidd: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Gerda Stevenson, released September 26, 2024, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.1 hrs
Narrated by
Gerda Stevenson
Released
September 26, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781785306464

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Specimens: A bold retelling of Burke and Hare’s crimes from the women closest to the gruesome truth as an audiobook?

The Specimens: A bold retelling of Burke and Hare’s crimes from the women closest to the gruesome truth runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is The Specimens: A bold retelling of Burke and Hare’s crimes from the women closest to the gruesome truth free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Specimens: A bold retelling of Burke and Hare’s crimes from the women closest to the gruesome truth?

The Specimens: A bold retelling of Burke and Hare’s crimes from the women closest to the gruesome truth is narrated by Gerda Stevenson.