Books like The Case of the Drowning Duck
Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Drowning Duck is 284 pages, about 5 hours 12 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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The Little Death 3.1 h 
The Big Sleep 4.2 h 
Law of Innocence 8.2 h 
The Fifth Witness 7.7 h 
Sycamore Row 10.0 h 
Primal Fear 9.3 h 
Devil in a Blue Dress 4.0 h 
The Lincoln Lawyer Novels 15.7 h 
The Long Goodbye 5.9 h 
Pulp 3.5 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.