Defending the Dead: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Relatively Dead Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Defending the Dead audiobook runs 8 hours unabridged, narrated by Emily Durante (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Relatively Dead Mysteries
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 15.4 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 46.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Relatively Dead | 7.5 hrs |
| 2 | Seeing the Dead | 7.8 hrs |
| 3 | Defending the Dead | 8 hrs |
| 4 | Watch for the Dead | 7.9 hrs |
| 5 | Search for the Dead | 7.8 hrs |
| 6 | Revealing the Dead | 7.8 hrs |
More narrated by Emily Durante
Emily Durante narrates 369 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,213 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,205 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
- The 18th Abduction
- The People vs. Alex Cross
- Mary, Mary
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
Defending the Dead is book 3 of Sheila Connolly's Relatively Dead Mysteries series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Durante, released January 25, 2017, on the Police & Detective and Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emily Durante
- Released
- January 25, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Paranormal
- Series
- Relatively Dead Mysteries #3
- ISBN
- 9781515985426
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Defending the Dead audiobook?
Defending the Dead runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is the Defending the Dead audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Defending the Dead?
Defending the Dead is narrated by Emily Durante.