Death and the Language of Happiness: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Cecil Younger Investigation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death and the Language of Happiness audiobook runs 7.3 hours unabridged, narrated by David Chandler (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.3 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 |
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What our data says
- At 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Cecil Younger Investigation
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 23.4 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 62.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Woman Who Married a Bear | 7 hrs |
| 2 | The Curious Eat Themselves | 8.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Music of What Happens | 7.9 hrs |
| 4 | Death and the Language of Happiness | 7.3 hrs |
| 5 | The Angels Will Not Care | 7.9 hrs |
| 6 | Cold Water Burning | 8.3 hrs |
| 7 | Baby's First Felony | 6.8 hrs |
| 8 | So Far and Good | 8.7 hrs |
More narrated by David Chandler
David Chandler narrates 88 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 895 hours in all.
- Nowhere to Run
- Winterkill
- Open Season
- The Disappeared
- Dark Sky
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,197 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 Language of Happiness is book 4 of John Straley's Cecil Younger Investigation series: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by David Chandler, released October 26, 2018, on the Police & Detective and Romance shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Chandler
- Released
- October 26, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Romance
- Series
- Cecil Younger Investigation #4
- ISBN
- 9781501987236
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Death and the Language of Happiness audiobook?
Death and the Language of Happiness runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is the Death and the Language of Happiness audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Death and the Language of Happiness?
Death and the Language of Happiness is narrated by David Chandler.