Books like The Nature of the Beast
Louise Penny
The Nature of the Beast is 448 pages, about 8 hours 13 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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Mystic River 9.0 h 
Malice 5.3 h 
Echo Park 7.4 h 
The Keeper of Lost Causes 7.3 h 
No Rest for the Dead 5.3 h 
Lost Light 6.8 h 
Cross the Line 7.3 h 
The Black Book 8.2 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.