A Duty to the Dead: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bess Crawford Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Duty to the Dead runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rosalyn Landor (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Bess Crawford Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 20.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Duty to the Dead | 9.8 hrs |
| 2 | An Impartial Witness | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Rosalyn Landor
Rosalyn Landor narrates 297 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,735 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,624 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Duty to the Dead is book 1 of Charles Todd's Bess Crawford Mysteries series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rosalyn Landor, released September 1, 2009, on the Police & Detective and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rosalyn Landor
- Released
- September 1, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- The Bess Crawford Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781602836907
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Duty to the Dead as an audiobook?
A Duty to the Dead runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is A Duty to the Dead free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Duty to the Dead?
A Duty to the Dead is narrated by Rosalyn Landor.