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The Quiet Dead by Nj Mackay

The Quiet Dead: Audiobook

Book 1 of the DI Sebastian Locke Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Quiet Dead runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Quiet Dead at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on DI Sebastian Locke Mystery

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Quiet Dead9.5 hrs
2The Sweetheart Killer8.1 hrs
3The Vanished8.4 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,876 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 Quiet Dead is book 1 of Nj Mackay's DI Sebastian Locke Mystery series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Knowelden, released September 5, 2023, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
Elizabeth Knowelden
Released
September 5, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense
Series
DI Sebastian Locke Mystery #1
ISBN
9781666647112

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Quiet Dead as an audiobook?

The Quiet Dead runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is The Quiet Dead free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Quiet Dead?

The Quiet Dead is narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden.