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The Thursday Murder Club: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Thursday Murder Club runs an estimated 11.3 hours (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.3est. listening hrs
3.7★18 ratings
Mysterygenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 11.3 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Thursday Murder Club at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

What our data says

  • At 11.3 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 79% of the mystery audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 31% longer than the average mystery audiobook (8.6 hrs across 582 titles in our dataset).

Computed from mystery audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for mystery listeners who want proper detective work and a murder to untangle: a solid week of commutes at 11.3 hours (estimated).

About the book

"A little beacon of pleasure in the midst of the gloom...SUCH FUN!" --Kate Atkinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Sky Amazon Best Mystery Thriller Suspense 2020 Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Thursday Murder Club as an audiobook?

The Thursday Murder Club runs about 11.3 hours, our estimate from its 382 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.

Is The Thursday Murder Club free as an audiobook?

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

Is The Thursday Murder Club worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Thursday Murder Club first published?

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman was first published in 2020.