Pruning the Dead: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Garden Squad Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Pruning the Dead audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Garden Squad Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 46.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pruning the Dead | 10.4 hrs |
| 2 | Tilling the Truth | 8.2 hrs |
| 3 | Digging Up the Remains | 7.7 hrs |
| 4 | Wreathing Havoc | 10.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Plot Thickets | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
- Always the Last to Know
- Between Sisters
- The Villa
- Gentle Rogue
- A Loving Scoundrel
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,894 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
Pruning the Dead is book 1 of Julia Henry's A Garden Squad Mystery series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released January 29, 2019, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- January 29, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery, Contemporary Women
- Series
- A Garden Squad Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781666570793
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Pruning the Dead audiobook?
Pruning the Dead runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the Pruning the Dead audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Pruning the Dead?
Pruning the Dead is narrated by Laural Merlington.
Is Pruning the Dead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.