A Loyal Character Dancer: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Inspector Chen series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Loyal Character Dancer runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Shih (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Chen
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 17 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 39.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death of a Red Heroine | 17 hrs |
| 2 | A Loyal Character Dancer | 12.3 hrs |
| 3 | When Red Is Black | 10.1 hrs |
More narrated by David Shih
David Shih narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 957 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,521 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
- Finders Keepers
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 Loyal Character Dancer is book 2 of Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by David Shih, released January 18, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Shih
- Released
- January 18, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Chen #2
- ISBN
- 9781977371065
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Loyal Character Dancer as an audiobook?
A Loyal Character Dancer runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is A Loyal Character Dancer free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Loyal Character Dancer?
A Loyal Character Dancer is narrated by David Shih.
Is A Loyal Character Dancer worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.