Plain Dead: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Detective Ford series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Plain Dead audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Steve West (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Ford
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 20.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 30 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shallow Ground | 10.3 hrs |
| 2 | Land Rites | 9.9 hrs |
| 3 | Plain Dead | 9.7 hrs |
More narrated by Steve West
Steve West narrates 248 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,042 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,822 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
Plain Dead is book 3 of Andy Maslen's Detective Ford series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve West, released November 25, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steve West
- Released
- November 25, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Ford #3
- ISBN
- 9781713621614
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Plain Dead audiobook?
Plain Dead runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Plain Dead audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Plain Dead?
Plain Dead is narrated by Steve West.