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Prayer for the Dead by James Oswald

Prayer for the Dead: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Inspector McLean series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Prayer for the Dead audiobook runs 13 hours unabridged, narrated by Ian Hanmore (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13 hours of listening.

Days to finish Prayer for the Dead at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,972 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

Prayer for the Dead is book 5 of James Oswald's Inspector McLean series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Ian Hanmore, released February 14, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13 hrs
Narrated by
Ian Hanmore
Released
February 14, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Inspector McLean Series #5
ISBN
9781504798099

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Prayer for the Dead audiobook?

Prayer for the Dead runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is the Prayer for the Dead audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Prayer for the Dead?

Prayer for the Dead is narrated by Ian Hanmore.

Is Prayer for the Dead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.