The Dying Trade: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Privateersman Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dying Trade runs 13.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Wickham (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Privateersman Mystery
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.6 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 81.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Devil's Own Luck | 10.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Dying Trade | 13.4 hrs |
| 3 | A Hanging Matter | 14.1 hrs |
| 4 | An Element of Chance | 16 hrs |
| 5 | The Scent of Betrayal | 14.5 hrs |
| 6 | A Game of Bones | 12.5 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Wickham
Peter Wickham narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 752 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
739 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 Dying Trade is book 2 of David Donachie's Privateersman Mystery series: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Wickham, released August 1, 2008, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Wickham
- Released
- August 1, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- Privateersman Mystery #2
- ISBN
- 9781407905662
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dying Trade as an audiobook?
The Dying Trade runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Dying Trade free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dying Trade?
The Dying Trade is narrated by Peter Wickham.
Is The Dying Trade worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.