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Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin

Mortal Causes: Audiobook

Book 6 of the Inspector Rebus series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mortal Causes audiobook runs 9.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Page (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.6 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Inspector Rebus

This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 43.7 hours before it; books 1 to 9 run 90.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Knots and Crosses6 hrs
2Hide and Seek7.6 hrs
3Tooth and Nail9.4 hrs
4Strip Jack: Inspector Rebus, Book 410.8 hrs
5The Black Book9.9 hrs
6Mortal Causes9.6 hrs
7Let It Bleed10.6 hrs
8Black and Blue14.9 hrs
9The Hanging Garden11.4 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,842 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

Mortal Causes is book 6 of Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Page, released November 12, 2013, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.6 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Page
Released
November 12, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Inspector Rebus #6
ISBN
9781480523647

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Mortal Causes audiobook?

Mortal Causes runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is the Mortal Causes audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Mortal Causes?

Mortal Causes is narrated by Michael Page.