Dead Matters: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Detective Miranda Murphy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dead Matters audiobook runs 7 hours unabridged, narrated by Clare Staniforth (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Miranda Murphy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 28.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead Matters | 7 hrs |
| 2 | Dead Cool | 7 hrs |
| 3 | Sudden Death | 7.1 hrs |
| 4 | Dead Drop | 7.4 hrs |
More narrated by Clare Staniforth
Clare Staniforth narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 265 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,725 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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 Matters is book 1 of Eva Maclean's Detective Miranda Murphy series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Clare Staniforth, released September 1, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Clare Staniforth
- Released
- September 1, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Miranda Murphy #1
- ISBN
- 9798318513381
How to listen to Dead Matters free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dead Matters audiobook?
Dead Matters runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
Is the Dead Matters audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dead Matters?
Dead Matters is narrated by Clare Staniforth.