A Merciful Death: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Mercy Kilpatrick series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Merciful Death runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Teri Schnaubelt (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mercy Kilpatrick
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 59 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Merciful Death | 10.6 hrs |
| 2 | A Merciful Truth | 9.6 hrs |
| 3 | A Merciful Secret | 9.9 hrs |
| 4 | A Merciful Silence | 9.3 hrs |
| 5 | A Merciful Fate | 10.2 hrs |
| 6 | A Merciful Promise | 9.3 hrs |
More narrated by Teri Schnaubelt
Teri Schnaubelt narrates 338 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,059 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,680 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 Merciful Death is book 1 of Kendra Elliot's Mercy Kilpatrick series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Teri Schnaubelt, released January 17, 2017, on the Police & Detective and Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Teri Schnaubelt
- Released
- January 17, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Mystery
- Series
- Mercy Kilpatrick #1
- ISBN
- 9781531846213
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Merciful Death as an audiobook?
A Merciful Death runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is A Merciful Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Merciful Death?
A Merciful Death is narrated by Teri Schnaubelt.
Is A Merciful Death worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.