A Sudden, Fearful Death: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Inspector Monk series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Sudden, Fearful Death runs 16.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Davina Porter (about 10.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.1 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Monk
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 44.6 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 76.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Face of a Stranger | 13.4 hrs |
| 2 | A Dangerous Mourning | 14.8 hrs |
| 3 | Defend and Betray | 16.4 hrs |
| 4 | A Sudden, Fearful Death | 16.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Sins of the Wolf | 16.1 hrs |
More narrated by Davina Porter
Davina Porter narrates 183 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,579 hours in all.
- Outlander
- Dragonfly in Amber
- Voyager
- Drums of Autumn
- The Fiery Cross
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
544 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 Sudden, Fearful Death is book 4 of Anne Perry's Inspector Monk series: a 16.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Davina Porter, released November 27, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Davina Porter
- Released
- November 27, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Monk #4
- ISBN
- 9781440775734
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Sudden, Fearful Death as an audiobook?
A Sudden, Fearful Death runs 16.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.8 hours.
Is A Sudden, Fearful Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Sudden, Fearful Death?
A Sudden, Fearful Death is narrated by Davina Porter.
Is A Sudden, Fearful Death worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.8 hours, saving 5.4 hours.