The Right Idea: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Detective Jimmy Delaney series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Right Idea runs 0.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Mangieri (about 0.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 0.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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 0.8 hours, it is shorter than 98% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Jimmy Delaney
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 1.5 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 19.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | In a Flash | 0.5 hrs |
| 2 | Mixed Signals | 1 hrs |
| 3 | The Right Idea | 0.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Scent of the Crime | 1.2 hrs |
| 5 | Killing Them Softly | 1.2 hrs |
| 6 | Hard Times | 1.3 hrs |
| 7 | Hacked Off | 2.3 hrs |
| 8 | Possession | 2.1 hrs |
| 9 | Too Much of a Good Thing | 2.4 hrs |
| 10 | The Phantom | 2.7 hrs |
| 11 | Losing Control | 3.7 hrs |
More narrated by William Mangieri
William Mangieri narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 44 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
195 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 Right Idea is book 3 of William Mangieri's Detective Jimmy Delaney series: a 0.8-hour unabridged recording, read by William Mangieri, released September 30, 2024, on the Police & Detective and Science Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- William Mangieri
- Released
- September 30, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Science Fiction
- Series
- Detective Jimmy Delaney #3
- ISBN
- 9798882235368
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Right Idea as an audiobook?
The Right Idea runs 0.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.5 hours.
Is The Right Idea free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Right Idea?
The Right Idea is narrated by William Mangieri.