A Glimmer of Death: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Odessa Jones Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Glimmer of Death runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Diana Blue (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Odessa Jones Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Glimmer of Death | 7.5 hrs |
| 2 | A Fatal Glow | 7.6 hrs |
| 3 | A Shimmer of Red | 7 hrs |
More narrated by Diana Blue
Diana Blue narrates 95 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 848 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,508 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 Glimmer of Death is book 1 of Valerie Wilson Wesley's Odessa Jones Mystery series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Diana Blue, released March 9, 2021, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Diana Blue
- Released
- March 9, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Odessa Jones Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781705288368
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Glimmer of Death as an audiobook?
A Glimmer of Death runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is A Glimmer of Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Glimmer of Death?
A Glimmer of Death is narrated by Diana Blue.