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Chasing the Dead by Tim Weaver

Chasing the Dead: Audiobook

Book 1 of the David Raker Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Chasing the Dead audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Healy (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.7 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on David Raker Mystery

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 36.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Chasing the Dead9.7 hrs
2The Dead Tracks14.2 hrs
3Vanished12.8 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,830 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

Chasing the Dead is book 1 of Tim Weaver's David Raker Mystery series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Healy, released July 20, 2016, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.7 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Healy
Released
July 20, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense, Fiction
Series
David Raker Mystery #1
ISBN
9781515976608

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Chasing the Dead audiobook?

Chasing the Dead runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Is the Chasing the Dead audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Chasing the Dead?

Chasing the Dead is narrated by Michael Healy.