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A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu by Michael Stanley

A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Detective Kubu series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu runs 14.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,119 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu is book 1 of Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu series: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released July 21, 2008, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.3 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Prebble
Released
July 21, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Fiction
Series
Detective Kubu #1
ISBN
9781400177882

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu as an audiobook?

A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.

Is A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu?

A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu is narrated by Simon Prebble.

Is A Carrion Death: Introducing Detective Kubu worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.