The Play of Death: Audiobook
Book 6 of the A Hangman's Daughter Tale series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Play of Death runs 17.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.6 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Hangman's Daughter Tale
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 80.6 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 116.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hangman's Daughter | 13 hrs |
| 2 | The Dark Monk | 14.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Beggar King | 16 hrs |
| 4 | The Poisoned Pilgrim | 16.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Werewolf of Bamberg | 20.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Play of Death | 17.6 hrs |
| 7 | The Council of Twelve | 18.2 hrs |
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
1,178 Mystery, Thriller & Horror 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 Play of Death is book 6 of Oliver Pötzsch's A Hangman's Daughter Tale series: a 17.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released May 9, 2017, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- May 9, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- A Hangman's Daughter Tale #6
- ISBN
- 9781536682687
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Play of Death as an audiobook?
The Play of Death runs 17.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.
Is The Play of Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Play of Death?
The Play of Death is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is The Play of Death worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.9 hours.