Books like The Case of the Buried Clock
Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Buried Clock is 245 pages, about 4 hours 30 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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Black Notice 8.1 h 
Memories of Midnight 7.3 h 
Detective 10.5 h 
A Murder of Quality 3.2 h 
Origin in Death 7.0 h 
The Sky Is Falling 6.1 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.