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Paint the Town Dead by Nancy Bell

Paint the Town Dead: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Judge Jackson Crain Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Paint the Town Dead audiobook runs 5.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Stechschulte (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Paint the Town Dead 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

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Judge Jackson Crain Mysteries

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 11.7 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 17 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Restored to Death6.3 hrs
2Death Splits a Hair5.4 hrs
3Paint the Town Dead5.3 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,377 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

Paint the Town Dead is book 3 of Nancy Bell's Judge Jackson Crain Mysteries series: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Stechschulte, released October 16, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.3 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Stechschulte
Released
October 16, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Judge Jackson Crain Mysteries #3
ISBN
9781440760723

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Paint the Town Dead audiobook?

Paint the Town Dead runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is the Paint the Town Dead audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Paint the Town Dead?

Paint the Town Dead is narrated by Tom Stechschulte.