Death and the Joyful Woman: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Inspector Felse Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death and the Joyful Woman audiobook runs 7.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 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 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Felse Mysteries
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.6 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 18.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fallen Into the Pit | 10.6 hrs |
| 2 | Death and the Joyful Woman | 7.5 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Prebble
Simon Prebble narrates 258 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,739 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,401 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- 3rd Degree
- Open Season
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
- The 18th Abduction
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
Death and the Joyful Woman is book 2 of Ellis Peters's Inspector Felse Mysteries series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released December 4, 2009, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Prebble
- Released
- December 4, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Inspector Felse Mysteries #2
- ISBN
- 9781440788642
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Death and the Joyful Woman audiobook?
Death and the Joyful Woman runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is the Death and the Joyful Woman audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Death and the Joyful Woman?
Death and the Joyful Woman is narrated by Simon Prebble.