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Dead Before Dying by Deon Meyer

Dead Before Dying: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dead Before Dying audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.8listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dead Before Dying at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,464 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

Dead Before Dying is an audiobook by Deon Meyer: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released July 31, 2012, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.8 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Vance
Released
July 31, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense
ISBN
9781611748048

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dead Before Dying audiobook?

Dead Before Dying runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is the Dead Before Dying audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dead Before Dying?

Dead Before Dying is narrated by Simon Vance.

Is Dead Before Dying worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.