The Coroner’s Lunch: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dr. Siri Paiboun series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Coroner’s Lunch runs 7.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Clive Chafer (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Dr. Siri Paiboun Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 9 run 64.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Coroner’s Lunch | 7.4 hrs |
| 2 | Thirty-Three Teeth | 6.7 hrs |
| 3 | Disco for the Departed | 6.8 hrs |
| 4 | Anarchy and Old Dogs | 6.7 hrs |
| 5 | Curse of the Pogo Stick | 5.7 hrs |
| 6 | The Merry Misogynist | 6.9 hrs |
| 7 | Love Songs from a Shallow Grave | 8.7 hrs |
| 8 | Slash and Burn | 8.2 hrs |
| 9 | The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die | 7.7 hrs |
More narrated by Clive Chafer
Clive Chafer narrates 45 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 583 hours in all.
- The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
- Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
- Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
- Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution
- Echoes of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
8,455 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Never Lie
- The Inmate
- Normal People
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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 Coroner’s Lunch is book 1 of Colin Cotterill's Dr. Siri Paiboun series: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Clive Chafer, released June 22, 2011, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Clive Chafer
- Released
- June 22, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- The Dr. Siri Paiboun Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781481572194
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Coroner’s Lunch as an audiobook?
The Coroner’s Lunch runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is The Coroner’s Lunch free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Coroner’s Lunch?
The Coroner’s Lunch is narrated by Clive Chafer.