The Usual Desire to Kill: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Usual Desire to Kill runs 6.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Harriet Walter (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.2 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 6.2 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Harriet Walter
Harriet Walter narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 195 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
667 Drama 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 Usual Desire to Kill is an audiobook by Camilla Barnes: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Harriet Walter, released April 10, 2025, on the Drama shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Harriet Walter
- Released
- April 10, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama
- ISBN
- 9781398535220
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Usual Desire to Kill as an audiobook?
The Usual Desire to Kill runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
Is The Usual Desire to Kill free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Usual Desire to Kill?
The Usual Desire to Kill is narrated by Harriet Walter.