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The Penguin Classic Crime Ombnibus is 381 pages, about 6 hours 59 minutes at 250 words a minute.

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The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes John Joseph Adams, Christopher Roden, Stephen King, Tim Lebbon, Anne Perry, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Barbara Roden, Anthony Burgess, Stephen Baxter, Laurie R. King, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Peter Berresford Ellis, Sharyn McCrumb, Michael Moorcock, Dominic Green, Barbara Hambly, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Naomi Novik, Rob Rogers, Mark Valentine, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Robert J. Sawyer 7.4 h
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Like a Charm Karin Slaughter 6.5 h
Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense Martin H. Greenberg, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Mark Twain, Isaac Asimov 11.9 h
The Perfect Murder Jack Hitt, Lawrence Block, Donald E. Westlake, Sarah Caudwell, Tony Hillerman, Peter Lovesey 3.6 h
Great Detectives Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, David Willis McCullough 13.4 h
The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives Mike Ashley 9.4 h
Shadows Over Baker Street Michael Reaves, John Pelan, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Bear, Steve Perry, Steven-Elliot Altman, James Lowder, Brian Stableford, Poppy Z. Brite, David Ferguson, Barbara Hambly 8.2 h
A Treasury of Classic Mystery Stories Émile Gaboriau, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie 14.5 h
Favorite Sleuths John Ernst, Agatha Christie 5.9 h
Uncertain Endings Otto Penzler, Stanley Ellin, Roald Dahl, Frank R. Stockton, Jack Moffitt, Barry Perowne, Cleveland Moffett, Gerald Kersh, Owen Johnson, Ray Bradbury, O. Henry, Aldous Huxley, Laurie York Erskine, Peter Godfrey, Mark Twain 5.5 h

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Face Off David Baldacci, Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, Peter James, R. L. Stine, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, M. J. Rose, Lisa Gardner, Steve Martini, Linda Fairstein, Jeffery Deaver, John Sandford, Heather Graham, F. Paul Wilson, Raymond Khoury, Linwood Barclay, John Lescroart, T. Jefferson Parker, Steve Berry, James Rollins, Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Steve Berry (conflated) 7.0 h

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes John Joseph Adams, Christopher Roden, Stephen King, Tim Lebbon, Anne Perry, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Barbara Roden, Anthony Burgess, Stephen Baxter, Laurie R. King, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Peter Berresford Ellis, Sharyn McCrumb, Michael Moorcock, Dominic Green, Barbara Hambly, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Naomi Novik, Rob Rogers, Mark Valentine, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Robert J. Sawyer 7.4 h

The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures Mike Ashley, Derek Wilson, Peter Berresford Ellis, Claire Griffen, Edward D. Hoch, David Stuart Davies, Barbara Roden, John Betancourt, Denis O. Smith, Guy N. Smith, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, Michael Moorcock, Robert Weinberg, Stephen Baxter, Peter Crowther, Lois H. Gresh, Basil Copper, H. R. F. Keating, David Langford, Roger Johnson, Amy Myers, Martin Edwards, Michael Doyle, Zakaria Erzinçlioglu, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, L. B. Greenwood 9.6 h

Like a Charm Karin Slaughter 6.5 h

Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense Martin H. Greenberg, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Mark Twain, Isaac Asimov 11.9 h

The Perfect Murder Jack Hitt, Lawrence Block, Donald E. Westlake, Sarah Caudwell, Tony Hillerman, Peter Lovesey 3.6 h Great Detectives Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, David Willis McCullough 13.4 h

The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives Mike Ashley 9.4 h

Shadows Over Baker Street Michael Reaves, John Pelan, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Bear, Steve Perry, Steven-Elliot Altman, James Lowder, Brian Stableford, Poppy Z. Brite, David Ferguson, Barbara Hambly 8.2 h

A Treasury of Classic Mystery Stories Émile Gaboriau, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie 14.5 h

Favorite Sleuths John Ernst, Agatha Christie 5.9 h

Uncertain Endings Otto Penzler, Stanley Ellin, Roald Dahl, Frank R. Stockton, Jack Moffitt, Barry Perowne, Cleveland Moffett, Gerald Kersh, Owen Johnson, Ray Bradbury, O. Henry, Aldous Huxley, Laurie York Erskine, Peter Godfrey, Mark Twain 5.5 h

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