A Rather Dastardly Death: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Mr. Quayle Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Rather Dastardly Death runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rafe Beckley (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 |
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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 Mr. Quayle Mysteries
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.4 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 18.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Most Efficient Murder | 8.4 hrs |
| 2 | A Rather Dastardly Death | 9.8 hrs |
More narrated by Rafe Beckley
Rafe Beckley narrates 23 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 207 hours in all.
- If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
- Finding Sustainability: The personal and professional journey of a plastic bag
- Shakespeare’s Greatest Comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest
- A Most Efficient Murder
- The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,625 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 Rather Dastardly Death is book 2 of Anthony Slayton's Mr. Quayle Mysteries series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rafe Beckley, released August 4, 2023, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rafe Beckley
- Released
- August 4, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Mr. Quayle Mysteries #2
- ISBN
- 9798985866452
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Rather Dastardly Death as an audiobook?
A Rather Dastardly Death runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is A Rather Dastardly Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Rather Dastardly Death?
A Rather Dastardly Death is narrated by Rafe Beckley.