The Murder Room: Audiobook
Book 12 of the Adam Dalgliesh series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Murder Room runs 14.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Charles Keating (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 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 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Charles Keating
Charles Keating narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 135 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
968 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 Murder Room is book 12 of P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh series: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Charles Keating, released August 14, 2003, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charles Keating
- Released
- August 14, 2003
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- Adam Dalgliesh #12
- ISBN
- 9781415901007
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Murder Room as an audiobook?
The Murder Room runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The Murder Room free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Murder Room?
The Murder Room is narrated by Charles Keating.
Is The Murder Room worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.