The First Death: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Columbia River series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Death runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Teri Schnaubelt and Michael Crouch (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 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 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Columbia River
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 27.2 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 55.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Sister | 10.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Silence | 8.3 hrs |
| 3 | In the Pines | 8.9 hrs |
| 4 | The First Death | 8.5 hrs |
| 5 | At the River | 10.2 hrs |
| 6 | The Next Grave | 9.9 hrs |
More narrated by Teri Schnaubelt
Teri Schnaubelt narrates 338 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,059 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,873 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 First Death is book 4 of Kendra Elliot's Columbia River series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Teri Schnaubelt and Michael Crouch, released June 13, 2023, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Teri Schnaubelt, Michael Crouch
- Released
- June 13, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Columbia River #4
- ISBN
- 9781713670162
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Death as an audiobook?
The First Death runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The First Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Death?
The First Death is narrated by Teri Schnaubelt and Michael Crouch.