Fortune Favors the Dead: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Pentecost and Parker Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fortune Favors the Dead audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Kirsten Potter (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Pentecost and Parker Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 27.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortune Favors the Dead | 8.5 hrs |
| 2 | Murder Under Her Skin: A Pentecost and Parker Mystery | 9.7 hrs |
| 3 | Secrets Typed in Blood: A Pentecost and Parker Mystery | 9.7 hrs |
More narrated by Kirsten Potter
Kirsten Potter narrates 376 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,907 hours in all.
- The Couple Next Door
- Station Eleven
- Little Secrets
- The Sun Down Motel
- Find Her
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,887 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
Fortune Favors the Dead is book 1 of Stephen Spotswood's A Pentecost and Parker Mystery series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirsten Potter, released October 27, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kirsten Potter
- Released
- October 27, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- A Pentecost and Parker Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9780593293256
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fortune Favors the Dead audiobook?
Fortune Favors the Dead runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the Fortune Favors the Dead audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Fortune Favors the Dead?
Fortune Favors the Dead is narrated by Kirsten Potter.