The Forty-Year Grudge: Audiobook
Book 2 of the A Merritt & Blunt Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Forty-Year Grudge runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Emma Ladji (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Emma Ladji
Emma Ladji narrates 26 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 217 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,506 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 Forty-Year Grudge is book 2 of Liza Tully's A Merritt & Blunt Mystery series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Ladji, released June 9, 2026, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emma Ladji
- Released
- June 9, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- A Merritt & Blunt Mystery #2
- ISBN
- 9798217336449
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Forty-Year Grudge as an audiobook?
The Forty-Year Grudge runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Forty-Year Grudge free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Forty-Year Grudge?
The Forty-Year Grudge is narrated by Emma Ladji.
Is The Forty-Year Grudge worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.