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Death in the Fifth Position by Edgar Box, Gore Vidal

Death in the Fifth Position: Audiobook

Book 1 of the An Edgar Box Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death in the Fifth Position audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Mikael Naramore (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Death in the Fifth Position at common listening paces
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30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on An Edgar Box Mystery

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 19.5 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,574 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 Fifth Position is book 1 of Edgar Box's An Edgar Box Mystery series: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Mikael Naramore, released August 27, 2019, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.3 hrs
Narrated by
Mikael Naramore
Released
August 27, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
An Edgar Box Mystery #1
ISBN
9781543696929

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Death in the Fifth Position audiobook?

Death in the Fifth Position runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is the Death in the Fifth Position audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Death in the Fifth Position?

Death in the Fifth Position is narrated by Mikael Naramore.