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Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker

Mortal Stakes: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Spenser series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mortal Stakes audiobook runs 5.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Prichard (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.4listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Mortal Stakes at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.4 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Spenser

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 10.3 hours before it; books 1 to 17 run 82 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Godwulf Manuscript5.2 hrs
2God Save the Child5.1 hrs
3Mortal Stakes5.4 hrs
4Promised Land5.5 hrs
5The Judas Goat5.1 hrs
6Looking for Rachel Wallace4.8 hrs
7Early Autumn4.7 hrs
8A Savage Place4.5 hrs
9Ceremony4.6 hrs
10The Widening Gyre4.1 hrs
11Valediction4.5 hrs
12A Catskill Eagle6.8 hrs

More narrated by Michael Prichard

Michael Prichard narrates 174 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,947 hours in all.

All Michael Prichard audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,471 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 Stakes is book 3 of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Prichard, released July 14, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.4 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Prichard
Released
July 14, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Spenser #3
ISBN
9780307705082

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Mortal Stakes audiobook?

Mortal Stakes runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.

Is the Mortal Stakes audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Mortal Stakes?

Mortal Stakes is narrated by Michael Prichard.