The Second Stage of Grief: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Detective Ngaire Blakes series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Second Stage of Grief runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shiromi Arserio (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Ngaire Blakes
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.7 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 26.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Three Deaths of Magdalene Lynton | 9.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Second Stage of Grief | 8.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Only Secret Left to Keep | 8.2 hrs |
More narrated by Shiromi Arserio
Shiromi Arserio narrates 214 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,043 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 Second Stage of Grief is book 2 of Katherine Hayton's Detective Ngaire Blakes series: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Shiromi Arserio, released March 26, 2019, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shiromi Arserio
- Released
- March 26, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Ngaire Blakes #2
- ISBN
- 9781977344755
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Second Stage of Grief as an audiobook?
The Second Stage of Grief runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Second Stage of Grief free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Second Stage of Grief?
The Second Stage of Grief is narrated by Shiromi Arserio.