The Dead Can Wait: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dead Can Wait runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Burnip (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Burnip
Richard Burnip narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 508 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,071 Suspense 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 Can Wait is an audiobook by Robert Ryan: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Burnip, released April 23, 2015, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Burnip
- Released
- April 23, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- ISBN
- 9781471150906
How to listen to The Dead Can Wait free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dead Can Wait as an audiobook?
The Dead Can Wait runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is The Dead Can Wait free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dead Can Wait?
The Dead Can Wait is narrated by Richard Burnip.
Is The Dead Can Wait worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.