Death in the Family: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shana Merchant Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death in the Family audiobook runs 9.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Callie Beaulieu (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shana Merchant Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 39.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death in the Family | 9.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Dead Season | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | Dead Wind | 9.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Kind to Kill | 10.5 hrs |
More narrated by Callie Beaulieu
Callie Beaulieu narrates 281 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,456 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,658 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
Death in the Family is book 1 of Tessa Wegert's Shana Merchant Mystery series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Callie Beaulieu, released February 18, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Callie Beaulieu
- Released
- February 18, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Shana Merchant Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781515940548
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Death in the Family audiobook?
Death in the Family runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Death in the Family audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Death in the Family?
Death in the Family is narrated by Callie Beaulieu.