Die upon a Kiss: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Benjamin January Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Die upon a Kiss audiobook runs 14.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Ron Butler (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.1 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Benjamin January Mysteries
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 50.1 hours before it; books 1 to 12 run 136 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Free Man of Color | 11.7 hrs |
| 2 | Fever Season | 12.6 hrs |
| 3 | Graveyard Dust | 12.9 hrs |
| 4 | Sold Down the River | 13 hrs |
| 5 | Die upon a Kiss | 14.1 hrs |
| 6 | Wet Grave | 10.9 hrs |
| 7 | Days of the Dead | 12.4 hrs |
| 8 | Dead Water | 10.2 hrs |
| 9 | Dead and Buried | 9.4 hrs |
| 10 | The Shirt on His Back | 9.4 hrs |
| 11 | Ran Away | 9.5 hrs |
| 12 | Good Man Friday | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Ron Butler
Ron Butler narrates 349 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,989 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
3,705 Mystery, Thriller & Horror 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
Die upon a Kiss is book 5 of Barbara Hambly's Benjamin January Mysteries series: a 14.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron Butler, released April 13, 2021, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ron Butler
- Released
- April 13, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- The Benjamin January Mysteries #5
- ISBN
- 9781799922339
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Die upon a Kiss audiobook?
Die upon a Kiss runs 14.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.
Is the Die upon a Kiss audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Die upon a Kiss?
Die upon a Kiss is narrated by Ron Butler.
Is Die upon a Kiss worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.