A Taste for Death: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Taste for Death runs 22.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Penelope Dellaporta (about 14.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 45 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 22.4 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Penelope Dellaporta
Penelope Dellaporta narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 191 hours in all.
- Cover Her Face
- A Certain Justice: An Adam Dalgliesh Novel
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- The Black Tower
- Unnatural Causes
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
131 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Lethal White
- In the Woods
- The Secret Place
- The Punishment She Deserves: A Lynley Novel
- The Likeness
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 Taste for Death is an audiobook by P. D. James: a 22.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Penelope Dellaporta, released March 3, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Penelope Dellaporta
- Released
- March 3, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- ISBN
- 9781415961605
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Taste for Death as an audiobook?
A Taste for Death runs 22.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.9 hours.
Is A Taste for Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Taste for Death?
A Taste for Death is narrated by Penelope Dellaporta.
Is A Taste for Death worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.9 hours, saving 7.5 hours.