Close to Death: Audiobook
Book 5 of the A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Close to Death audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Rory Kinnear and Anthony Horowitz (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rory Kinnear
Rory Kinnear narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 167 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,264 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Close to Death is book 5 of Anthony Horowitz's A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Kinnear and Anthony Horowitz, released April 16, 2024, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rory Kinnear, Anthony Horowitz
- Released
- April 16, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery #5
- ISBN
- 9780063305670
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Close to Death audiobook?
Close to Death runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is the Close to Death audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Close to Death?
Close to Death is narrated by Rory Kinnear and Anthony Horowitz.