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Deadly Heat by Richard Castle

Deadly Heat: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Nikki Heat series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Deadly Heat audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Deadly Heat at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,943 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

Deadly Heat is book 5 of Richard Castle's Nikki Heat series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released September 17, 2013, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Petkoff
Released
September 17, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense, Fiction
Series
Nikki Heat #5
ISBN
9781401370442

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Deadly Heat audiobook?

Deadly Heat runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Deadly Heat audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Deadly Heat?

Deadly Heat is narrated by Robert Petkoff.

Is Deadly Heat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.