The Tick of Death: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Sergeant Cribb Investigation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tick of Death runs 6.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Thorpe (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.5 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sergeant Cribb Investigation
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 28.7 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 56.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wobble to Death | 6.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Detective Wore Silk Drawers | 7 hrs |
| 3 | Abracadaver | 7.9 hrs |
| 4 | Mad Hatter's Holiday | 7 hrs |
| 5 | The Tick of Death | 6.5 hrs |
| 6 | A Case of Spirits | 7 hrs |
| 7 | Swing, Swing Together | 7.3 hrs |
| 8 | Waxwork | 6.7 hrs |
More narrated by David Thorpe
David Thorpe narrates 356 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,606 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,920 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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 Tick of Death is book 5 of Peter Lovesey's Sergeant Cribb Investigation series: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Thorpe, released April 13, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Thorpe
- Released
- April 13, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Sergeant Cribb Investigation #5
- ISBN
- 9781705011508
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tick of Death as an audiobook?
The Tick of Death runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is The Tick of Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tick of Death?
The Tick of Death is narrated by David Thorpe.