The Dead and the Beautiful: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Nikki Harper Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dead and the Beautiful runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Renée Raudman (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Nikki Harper Mysteries
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 18.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 27 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bad Always Die Twice | 9.2 hrs |
| 2 | Imitation of Death | 8.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Dead and the Beautiful | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Renée Raudman
Renée Raudman narrates 93 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 877 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,037 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 Dead and the Beautiful is book 3 of Cheryl Crane's Nikki Harper Mysteries series: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Renée Raudman, released August 27, 2013, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Renée Raudman
- Released
- August 27, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Nikki Harper Mysteries #3
- ISBN
- 9781481595001
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dead and the Beautiful as an audiobook?
The Dead and the Beautiful runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Dead and the Beautiful free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dead and the Beautiful?
The Dead and the Beautiful is narrated by Renée Raudman.