When the Grits Hit the Fan: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Country Store Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When the Grits Hit the Fan audiobook runs 8.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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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 |
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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 Country Store Mystery
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 16.9 hours before it; books 1 to 13 run 100.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flipped For Murder | 8.7 hrs |
| 2 | Grilled For Murder | 8.3 hrs |
| 3 | When the Grits Hit the Fan | 8.1 hrs |
| 4 | Biscuits and Slashed Browns | 7.3 hrs |
| 5 | Death Over Easy | 7 hrs |
| 6 | Strangled Eggs and Ham | 7.7 hrs |
| 7 | Nacho Average Murder | 8.1 hrs |
| 8 | Candy Slain Murder | 7.8 hrs |
| 9 | No Grater Crime | 8.2 hrs |
| 10 | Batter Off Dead | 7.6 hrs |
| 11 | Four Leaf Cleaver | 7.7 hrs |
| 12 | Deep Fried Death | 7.1 hrs |
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
- Always the Last to Know
- Between Sisters
- The Villa
- Gentle Rogue
- A Loving Scoundrel
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
When the Grits Hit the Fan is book 3 of Maddie Day's Country Store Mystery series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released March 28, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- March 28, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Country Store Mystery #3
- ISBN
- 9781515984870
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the When the Grits Hit the Fan audiobook?
When the Grits Hit the Fan runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is the When the Grits Hit the Fan audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates When the Grits Hit the Fan?
When the Grits Hit the Fan is narrated by Laural Merlington.