Dead in the Water: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Welcome Back to Scumble River series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dead in the Water audiobook runs 5.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Tanya Eby (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.4 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Welcome Back to Scumble River Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 29.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead in the Water | 5.4 hrs |
| 2 | Die Me a River | 8.2 hrs |
| 3 | Come Homicide or High Water | 8.1 hrs |
| 4 | Body Over Troubled Waters | 8.1 hrs |
More narrated by Tanya Eby
Tanya Eby narrates 785 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,480 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,531 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 in the Water is book 1 of Denise Swanson's Welcome Back to Scumble River series: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Tanya Eby, released January 30, 2018, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tanya Eby
- Released
- January 30, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- The Welcome Back to Scumble River Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781538518427
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dead in the Water audiobook?
Dead in the Water runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is the Dead in the Water audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dead in the Water?
Dead in the Water is narrated by Tanya Eby.