The Blissfully Dead: Audiobook
Book 2 of the A Detective Lennon Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Blissfully Dead runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Mattacks (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Detective Lennon Thriller
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.9 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 22.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | From the Cradle | 10.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Blissfully Dead | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Mattacks
Simon Mattacks narrates 176 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,485 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,943 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
The Blissfully Dead is book 2 of Louise Voss's A Detective Lennon Thriller series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Mattacks, released September 29, 2015, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Mattacks
- Released
- September 29, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Psychological
- Series
- A Detective Lennon Thriller #2
- ISBN
- 9781511300216
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Blissfully Dead as an audiobook?
The Blissfully Dead runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Blissfully Dead free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Blissfully Dead?
The Blissfully Dead is narrated by Simon Mattacks.
Is The Blissfully Dead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.