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The Tail of the Tip-Off by Sneaky Pie Brown, Rita Mae Brown

The Tail of the Tip-Off: Audiobook

Book 11 of the Mrs. Murphy Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tail of the Tip-Off runs 10.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Forbes (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.1listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Tail of the Tip-Off at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Mrs. Murphy Mysteries

This is book 11. Books 1 to 10 run 86.8 hours before it; books 1 to 34 run 293 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,402 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 Tail of the Tip-Off is book 11 of Sneaky Pie Brown's Mrs. Murphy Mysteries series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Forbes, released March 11, 2008, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.1 hrs
Narrated by
Kate Forbes
Released
March 11, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Mrs. Murphy Mysteries #11
ISBN
9781449802141

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Tail of the Tip-Off as an audiobook?

The Tail of the Tip-Off runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is The Tail of the Tip-Off free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Tail of the Tip-Off?

The Tail of the Tip-Off is narrated by Kate Forbes.

Is The Tail of the Tip-Off worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.