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The Longest Police & Detective Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 131 unabridged Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The Police & Detective shelf sits under Mystery, Thriller & Horror on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1Orson Welles: The Ultimate CollectionOrson Welles125.3 hrs
2What Doesn't Kill You: The Complete Collection Volume 1: Katie Connell and Emily Bernal MysteriesPamela Fagan Hutchins71.3 hrs
3Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection: 60 Full-Cast DramatisationsBert Coules48.6 hrs
4The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes StoriesOtto Penzler46.7 hrs
5Miss Julia Renews Her VowsAnn B. Ross43.6 hrs
6Will Trent: Books 2–4: A Karin Slaughter Thriller Collection Featuring Fractured, Undone, and BrokenKarin Slaughter42.7 hrs
7Will Trent: Books 5–7: A Karin Slaughter Thriller Collection Featuring Fallen, Criminal, and UnseenKarin Slaughter42 hrs
8A Lacey Doyle Cozy Mystery Bundle: Murder in the Manor (#1), Death and a Dog (#2), Crime in the Café (#3), Vexed on a Visit (#4), Killed with a Kiss (#5), and Perished by a Painting (#6)Fiona Grace40.4 hrs
9An Irish Village Mystery Bundle, Books 4-7Carlene O'Connor37.4 hrs
10The WandererFanny Burney36.5 hrs
11Natchez BurningGreg Iles35.9 hrs
12Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized EditionAgatha Christie35.2 hrs
13The Rock Harbor Mysteries Collection (Includes Four Novels): Without a Trace, Beyond a Doubt, Into the Deep, and Cry in the NightColleen Coble34.6 hrs
14The Running Grave: A Cormoran Strike NovelRobert Galbraith34.2 hrs
15The Michele Lopez Hanson Mystery Series: A Four-Book Romantic Texas Mystery Box Set from the What Doesn't Kill You Super SeriesPamela Fagan Hutchins33.9 hrs
16Victorian San Francisco Mysteries: Books 5-7: Pilfered Promises, Scholarly Pursuits, Lethal RemediesM. Louisa Locke33.2 hrs
17The Ink Black HeartRobert Galbraith32.7 hrs
18Alison Larkin Presents: The Man in the Brown Suit, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Secret Adversary, and The Murder on the LinksAgatha Christie32.7 hrs
19Troubled BloodRobert Galbraith31.9 hrs
20The Hallmarked Man: A Cormoran Strike NovelRobert Galbraith31.1 hrs
21The Portlock Paranormal Detective Series Box Set, Books 1 - 4: An Urban Fantasy CollectionJileen Dolbeare31.1 hrs
22The Crow Girl: A dark and twisty psychological thriller featuring Detective Jeanette Kihlberg, now a major TV seriesErik Axl Sund30.6 hrs
23Alone in the DarkKaren Rose30.4 hrs
24An Irish Village Mystery Bundle, Books 1-3Carlene O'Connor29.9 hrs
25Ava Butler Box SetPamela Fagan Hutchins29.8 hrs

Ordered by the store's running time, longest first. Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026); children's titles are not ranked. Methodology.

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