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A Spark of Death: The First Professor Bradshaw Mystery by Bernadette Pajer

A Spark of Death: The First Professor Bradshaw Mystery: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Professor Bradshaw Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Spark of Death: The First Professor Bradshaw Mystery runs 7.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.1listening hrs
Mystery, Thriller & Horrorstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 7.1 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Professor Bradshaw Mysteries

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 30.4 hours in all.

More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,361 hours in all.

All Malcolm Hillgartner audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf

7,336 Mystery, Thriller & Horror 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 Spark of Death: The First Professor Bradshaw Mystery is book 1 of Bernadette Pajer's Professor Bradshaw Mysteries series: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released July 5, 2011, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.1 hrs
Narrated by
Malcolm Hillgartner
Released
July 5, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery, Thriller & Horror
Series
The Professor Bradshaw Mysteries #1
ISBN
9781481571555

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Spark of Death: The First Professor Bradshaw Mystery as an audiobook?

A Spark of Death: The First Professor Bradshaw Mystery runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

Is A Spark of Death: The First Professor Bradshaw Mystery free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Spark of Death: The First Professor Bradshaw Mystery?

A Spark of Death: The First Professor Bradshaw Mystery is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.