Death of a Red Heroine: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Inspector Chen series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death of a Red Heroine audiobook runs 17 hours unabridged, narrated by David Shih (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Chen
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 39.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death of a Red Heroine | 17 hrs |
| 2 | A Loyal Character Dancer | 12.3 hrs |
| 3 | When Red Is Black | 10.1 hrs |
More narrated by David Shih
David Shih narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 957 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
408 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 Red Heroine is book 1 of Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen series: a 17-hour unabridged recording, read by David Shih, released December 19, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Shih
- Released
- December 19, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Chen #1
- ISBN
- 9781977371058
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Death of a Red Heroine audiobook?
Death of a Red Heroine runs 17 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is the Death of a Red Heroine audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Death of a Red Heroine?
Death of a Red Heroine is narrated by David Shih.
Is Death of a Red Heroine worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours.