The Sentence is Death: A mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling author of THE WORD IS MURDER: Audiobook
Book 2 of the A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sentence is Death: A mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling author of THE WORD IS MURDER runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rory Kinnear (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 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 |
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What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rory Kinnear
Rory Kinnear narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 167 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,193 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Sentence is Death: A mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling author of THE WORD IS MURDER is book 2 of Anthony Horowitz's A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Kinnear, released November 1, 2018, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rory Kinnear
- Released
- November 1, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery #2
- ISBN
- 9781473539419
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sentence is Death: A mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling author of THE WORD IS MURDER as an audiobook?
The Sentence is Death: A mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling author of THE WORD IS MURDER runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Sentence is Death: A mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling author of THE WORD IS MURDER free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Sentence is Death: A mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling author of THE WORD IS MURDER?
The Sentence is Death: A mind-bending murder mystery from the bestselling author of THE WORD IS MURDER is narrated by Rory Kinnear.