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Dearly Departed by Heather Novak

Dearly Departed: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Love Me Dead series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dearly Departed audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Lois Ridge and Raquel Beattie (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.3listening hrs
LGBTQ+ (Romance)store shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dearly Departed at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 4,552 LGBTQ+ (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Love Me Dead

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 19.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 29.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Blood Thinners10.4 hrs
2Grim and Bear It9 hrs
3Dearly Departed10.3 hrs

About as long, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelf

799 LGBTQ+ (Romance) 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

Dearly Departed is book 3 of Heather Novak's Love Me Dead series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lois Ridge and Raquel Beattie, released January 31, 2023, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.3 hrs
Narrated by
Lois Ridge, Raquel Beattie
Released
January 31, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
LGBTQ+ (Romance)
Series
Love Me Dead #3
ISBN
9798765013687

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dearly Departed audiobook?

Dearly Departed runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is the Dearly Departed audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dearly Departed?

Dearly Departed is narrated by Lois Ridge and Raquel Beattie.

Is Dearly Departed worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.