Kiss of Death: Audiobook
Book 7 of the Detective Mark Heckenburg series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Kiss of Death audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Thornley (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Mark Heckenburg
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 80.9 hours before it; books 1 to 9 run 123.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stalkers | 13.2 hrs |
| 2 | Sacrifice | 13.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Killing Club | 13.4 hrs |
| 4 | Dead Man Walking | 13.3 hrs |
| 5 | Hunted | 12.9 hrs |
| 6 | Ashes to Ashes | 15 hrs |
| 7 | Kiss of Death | 13.5 hrs |
| 8 | Rogue: Detective Mark Heckenburg, Book 8 | 13.7 hrs |
| 9 | No Quarter: Detective Mark Heckenburg, Book 9 | 15.6 hrs |
More narrated by Paul Thornley
Paul Thornley narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,372 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,538 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
Kiss of Death is book 7 of Paul Finch's Detective Mark Heckenburg series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Thornley, released August 9, 2018, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Thornley
- Released
- August 9, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Psychological
- Series
- Detective Mark Heckenburg #7
- ISBN
- 9780008244002
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Kiss of Death audiobook?
Kiss of Death runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Kiss of Death audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Kiss of Death?
Kiss of Death is narrated by Paul Thornley.
Is Kiss of Death worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.