Death of a Scriptwriter: Audiobook
Book 14 of the Hamish Macbeth Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death of a Scriptwriter audiobook runs 6.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Shaun Grindell (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.6 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Hamish Macbeth Mysteries
This is book 14. Books 1 to 13 run 73.5 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 Shaun Grindell
Shaun Grindell narrates 294 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,933 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,121 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Scriptwriter is book 14 of M. C. Beaton's Hamish Macbeth Mysteries series: a 6.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Shaun Grindell, released October 13, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shaun Grindell
- Released
- October 13, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Hamish Macbeth Mysteries #14
- ISBN
- 9781094151953
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Death of a Scriptwriter audiobook?
Death of a Scriptwriter runs 6.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
Is the Death of a Scriptwriter audiobook free?
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Who narrates Death of a Scriptwriter?
Death of a Scriptwriter is narrated by Shaun Grindell.