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Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn

Let the Dead Lie: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Detective Emmanuel Cooper series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Let the Dead Lie audiobook runs 11.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Saul Reichlin (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Let the Dead Lie at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Detective Emmanuel Cooper

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.7 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 24.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Beautiful Place to Die12.7 hrs
2Let the Dead Lie11.6 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,292 Historical (Fiction) 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

Let the Dead Lie is book 2 of Malla Nunn's Detective Emmanuel Cooper series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Saul Reichlin, released July 23, 2010, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.6 hrs
Narrated by
Saul Reichlin
Released
July 23, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Detective Emmanuel Cooper #2
ISBN
9781449808617

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Let the Dead Lie audiobook?

Let the Dead Lie runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is the Let the Dead Lie audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Let the Dead Lie?

Let the Dead Lie is narrated by Saul Reichlin.

Is Let the Dead Lie worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.