A Necessary Death: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Selma Falck series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Necessary Death runs 14.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Charlotte Strevens (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.1 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Selma Falck
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 43.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Grave For Two | 14.6 hrs |
| 2 | A Necessary Death | 14.1 hrs |
| 3 | A Memory for Murder | 14.8 hrs |
More narrated by Charlotte Strevens
Charlotte Strevens narrates 100 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 927 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,196 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 Necessary Death is book 2 of Anne Holt's Selma Falck series: a 14.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Charlotte Strevens, released December 1, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charlotte Strevens
- Released
- December 1, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Selma Falck #2
- ISBN
- 9781445093086
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Necessary Death as an audiobook?
A Necessary Death runs 14.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.
Is A Necessary Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Necessary Death?
A Necessary Death is narrated by Charlotte Strevens.
Is A Necessary Death worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.