Dead Beat: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Kate Brannigan Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dead Beat: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1 audiobook runs 8.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Chloe Massey (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 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 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Kate Brannigan Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 46.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead Beat: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1 | 8.1 hrs |
| 2 | Kick Back: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 2 | 7.3 hrs |
| 3 | Crack Down | 7.1 hrs |
| 4 | Clean Break: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 4 | 8 hrs |
| 5 | Blue Genes: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 5 | 7.6 hrs |
| 6 | Star Struck | 8 hrs |
More narrated by Chloe Massey
Chloe Massey narrates 33 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 311 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
10,494 Fiction 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
Dead Beat: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1 is book 1 of Val McDermid's Kate Brannigan Mysteries series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Chloe Massey, released February 1, 2019, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chloe Massey
- Released
- February 1, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- Series
- Kate Brannigan Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781510099142
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dead Beat: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1 audiobook?
Dead Beat: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1 runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is the Dead Beat: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dead Beat: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1?
Dead Beat: PI Kate Brannigan, Book 1 is narrated by Chloe Massey.