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The Dead Line by Holly Watt

The Dead Line: Audiobook

Book 2 of the A Casey Benedict Investigation series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dead Line runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jasmine Blackborow (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Dead Line at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on A Casey Benedict Investigation

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.2 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 25.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1To the Lions12.2 hrs
2The Dead Line13 hrs

More narrated by Jasmine Blackborow

Jasmine Blackborow narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 123 hours in all.

All Jasmine Blackborow audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

838 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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 Line is book 2 of Holly Watt's A Casey Benedict Investigation series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Jasmine Blackborow, released April 16, 2020, on the Espionage and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13 hrs
Narrated by
Jasmine Blackborow
Released
April 16, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
A Casey Benedict Investigation #2
ISBN
9781526617040

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dead Line as an audiobook?

The Dead Line runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.

Is The Dead Line free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Dead Line?

The Dead Line is narrated by Jasmine Blackborow.

Is The Dead Line worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.