Books like The Case of the Velvet Claws
Erle Stanley Gardner
The Case of the Velvet Claws is 288 pages, about 5 hours 17 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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Dark Fire 10.2 h 
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Small Great Things 11.5 h 
The Little Death 3.1 h 
Open and Shut 4.5 h 
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