Death of a Poison Pen: Audiobook
Book 19 of the Hamish Macbeth Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death of a Poison Pen audiobook runs 5.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Graeme Malcolm (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Hamish Macbeth Mysteries
This is book 19. Books 1 to 18 run 101.5 hours before it; books 1 to 27 run 151.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death of a Gossip | 4.8 hrs |
| 2 | Death of a Cad | 5.6 hrs |
| 3 | Death of an Outsider | 4.9 hrs |
| 4 | Death of a Perfect Wife | 4.7 hrs |
| 5 | Death of a Hussy | 5 hrs |
| 6 | Death of a Snob | 4.6 hrs |
| 7 | Death of a Prankster | 4.8 hrs |
| 8 | Death of a Greedy Woman | 4.8 hrs |
| 9 | Death of a Traveling Man | 4.7 hrs |
| 10 | Death of a Charming Man | 6.3 hrs |
| 11 | Death of a Nag | 6.8 hrs |
| 12 | Death of a Gossip & Death of a Cad: The First Two Hamish Macbeth Mysteries | 10.1 hrs |
More narrated by Graeme Malcolm
Graeme Malcolm narrates 96 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 809 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,313 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 of a Poison Pen is book 19 of M. C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth Mysteries series: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Graeme Malcolm, released January 6, 2015, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Graeme Malcolm
- Released
- January 6, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Fiction
- Series
- The Hamish Macbeth Mysteries #19
- ISBN
- 9781483097206
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Death of a Poison Pen audiobook?
Death of a Poison Pen runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.
Is the Death of a Poison Pen audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Death of a Poison Pen?
Death of a Poison Pen is narrated by Graeme Malcolm.