Mercy: The first book and inspiration for hit Netflix show DEPT. Q starring Matthew Goode: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Department Q series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mercy: The first book and inspiration for hit Netflix show DEPT. Q starring Matthew Goode audiobook runs 13.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Steven Pacey (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Department Q
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 78.8 hours in all.
More narrated by Steven Pacey
Steven Pacey narrates 71 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 745 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,434 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
Mercy: The first book and inspiration for hit Netflix show DEPT. Q starring Matthew Goode is book 1 of Jussi Adler-Olsen's Department Q series: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Pacey, released June 21, 2012, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steven Pacey
- Released
- June 21, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Psychological
- Series
- Department Q #1
- ISBN
- 9781405909648
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Mercy: The first book and inspiration for hit Netflix show DEPT. Q starring Matthew Goode audiobook?
Mercy: The first book and inspiration for hit Netflix show DEPT. Q starring Matthew Goode runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is the Mercy: The first book and inspiration for hit Netflix show DEPT. Q starring Matthew Goode audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Mercy: The first book and inspiration for hit Netflix show DEPT. Q starring Matthew Goode?
Mercy: The first book and inspiration for hit Netflix show DEPT. Q starring Matthew Goode is narrated by Steven Pacey.
Is Mercy: The first book and inspiration for hit Netflix show DEPT. Q starring Matthew Goode worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.