Date with Death: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dales Detective series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Date with Death audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Elizabeth Bower (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 9 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Dales Detective Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 18.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Date with Death | 9 hrs |
| 2 | Date with Malice: A Charming Yorkshire Murder Mystery | 9.8 hrs |
More narrated by Elizabeth Bower
Elizabeth Bower narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 140 hours in all.
- The One Plus One: Discover the author of Me Before You, the love story that captured a million hearts
- Date with Malice: A Charming Yorkshire Murder Mystery
- Date with Poison: A Cosy Crime Story, Full of Yorkshire Charm
- Date with Danger: A Cosy Mystery with More Twists and Turns than a Drive Through the Dales
- Date with Evil
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,259 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
Date with Death is book 1 of Julia Chapman's Dales Detective series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Bower, released March 9, 2017, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elizabeth Bower
- Released
- March 9, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery, Fiction
- Series
- The Dales Detective Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781509844562
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Date with Death audiobook?
Date with Death runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is the Date with Death audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Date with Death?
Date with Death is narrated by Elizabeth Bower.