The Ritual Bath: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Decker/Lazarus Novels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ritual Bath runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mitchell Greenberg (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Decker/Lazarus Novels
This is book 1. Books 1 to 13 run 159.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ritual Bath | 8.2 hrs |
| 2 | Sacred and Profane | 9.6 hrs |
| 3 | Milk and Honey | 12.6 hrs |
| 4 | Day of Atonement | 10.8 hrs |
| 5 | False Prophet | 13.1 hrs |
| 6 | Grievous Sin | 12.7 hrs |
| 7 | Sanctuary | 13 hrs |
| 8 | Justice | 13.2 hrs |
| 9 | Prayers for The Dead: A Decker/Lazarus Novel | 13 hrs |
| 10 | Serpent's Tooth: A Decker/Lazarus Novel | 13 hrs |
| 11 | Jupiter's Bones: A Decker/Lazarus Novel | 13 hrs |
| 12 | Stalker: A Decker/Lazarus Novel | 13.9 hrs |
More narrated by Mitchell Greenberg
Mitchell Greenberg narrates 27 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 338 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,441 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Ritual Bath is book 1 of Faye Kellerman's Decker/Lazarus Novels series: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Mitchell Greenberg, released December 26, 2007, on the Police & Detective and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mitchell Greenberg
- Released
- December 26, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Contemporary Women, Short Stories
- Series
- Decker/Lazarus Novels #1
- ISBN
- 9780061573040
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ritual Bath as an audiobook?
The Ritual Bath runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Ritual Bath free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ritual Bath?
The Ritual Bath is narrated by Mitchell Greenberg.