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The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator by Tarquin Hall

The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Vish Puri Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sam Dastor (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,830 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator is book 2 of Tarquin Hall's Vish Puri Mysteries series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sam Dastor, released June 15, 2010, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Sam Dastor
Released
June 15, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Vish Puri Mysteries #2
ISBN
9781602839601

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator as an audiobook?

The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator?

The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator is narrated by Sam Dastor.