A Staged Death: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Lady Librarian Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Staged Death runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Marni Penning (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lady Librarian Mysteries
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 27.3 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 35.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Novel Disguise | 9.3 hrs |
| 2 | Once Upon a Murder | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | A Poetic Pox | 8.8 hrs |
| 4 | A Staged Death | 8.3 hrs |
More narrated by Marni Penning
Marni Penning narrates 263 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,010 hours in all.
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- A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers
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- Red Rising: Sons of Ares: Volume 1 [Dramatized Adaptation]
- Red Rising: Sons of Ares: Volume 2: Wrath [Dramatized Adaptation]
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,626 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
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 Staged Death is book 4 of Samantha Larsen's Lady Librarian Mysteries series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Marni Penning, released June 29, 2026, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marni Penning
- Released
- June 29, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Lady Librarian Mysteries #4
- ISBN
- 9798349103476
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Staged Death as an audiobook?
A Staged Death runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is A Staged Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Staged Death?
A Staged Death is narrated by Marni Penning.