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The Private Patient by P. D. James

The Private Patient: Audiobook

Book 14 of the Adam Dalgliesh series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Private Patient runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rosalyn Landor (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.8listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Private Patient at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

906 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 Private Patient is book 14 of P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh series: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rosalyn Landor, released November 18, 2008, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.8 hrs
Narrated by
Rosalyn Landor
Released
November 18, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Adam Dalgliesh #14
ISBN
9780739376928

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Private Patient as an audiobook?

The Private Patient runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.

Is The Private Patient free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Private Patient?

The Private Patient is narrated by Rosalyn Landor.

Is The Private Patient worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.