Better Off Dead in Deadwood: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Deadwood Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Better Off Dead in Deadwood audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Caroline Shaffer (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Deadwood Mysteries
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 37.4 hours before it; books 1 to 14 run 189.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nearly Departed in Deadwood | 12 hrs |
| 2 | Optical Delusions in Deadwood: A Deadwood Mystery | 11.8 hrs |
| 3 | Dead Case in Deadwood: A Deadwood Mystery | 13.6 hrs |
| 4 | Better Off Dead in Deadwood | 13.5 hrs |
| 5 | An Ex to Grind in Deadwood | 15.5 hrs |
| 6 | Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood | 14 hrs |
| 7 | A Wild Fright in Deadwood | 15.7 hrs |
| 8 | Rattling the Heat in Deadwood | 15.9 hrs |
| 9 | Gone Haunting in Deadwood | 15 hrs |
| 10 | Don’t Let it Snow in Deadwood | 6.3 hrs |
| 11 | Devil Days in Deadwood | 15.3 hrs |
| 12 | Never Say Sever in Deadwood | 13.4 hrs |
More narrated by Caroline Shaffer
Caroline Shaffer narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 740 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,526 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
Better Off Dead in Deadwood is book 4 of Ann Charles's Deadwood Mysteries series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Caroline Shaffer, released March 24, 2015, on the Police & Detective and Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Caroline Shaffer
- Released
- March 24, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Paranormal
- Series
- The Deadwood Mysteries #4
- ISBN
- 9781481527149
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Better Off Dead in Deadwood audiobook?
Better Off Dead in Deadwood runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Better Off Dead in Deadwood audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Better Off Dead in Deadwood?
Better Off Dead in Deadwood is narrated by Caroline Shaffer.
Is Better Off Dead in Deadwood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.