The Body in the Dales: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Yorkshire Murder Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Body in the Dales runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Page (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 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 |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Yorkshire Murder Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 9 run 81 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Body in the Dales | 9.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Quartet Murders | 9.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Murder at Redmire Hall | 9.3 hrs |
| 4 | The Royal Baths Murder | 9.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Nidderdale Murders | 9 hrs |
| 6 | The Whitby Murders | 8.5 hrs |
| 7 | Murder at St Anne's | 8.6 hrs |
| 8 | The Railway Murders | 8.3 hrs |
| 9 | The Brewery Murders | 8.2 hrs |
More narrated by Michael Page
Michael Page narrates 310 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,758 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,643 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 Body in the Dales is book 1 of J. R. Ellis's A Yorkshire Murder Mystery series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Page, released August 9, 2018, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Page
- Released
- August 9, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- A Yorkshire Murder Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781543698299
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Body in the Dales as an audiobook?
The Body in the Dales runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Body in the Dales free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Body in the Dales?
The Body in the Dales is narrated by Michael Page.