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The Water's Dead by Catherine Lea

The Water's Dead: Audiobook

Book 1 of the DI Nyree Bradshaw series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Water's Dead runs 10.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sara Lynam (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.8listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Water's Dead at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on DI Nyree Bradshaw

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Water's Dead10.8 hrs
2Better Left Dead10.7 hrs

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

2,943 Suspense 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 Water's Dead is book 1 of Catherine Lea's DI Nyree Bradshaw series: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Sara Lynam, released September 1, 2024, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.8 hrs
Narrated by
Sara Lynam
Released
September 1, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
DI Nyree Bradshaw #1
ISBN
9781399183819

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Water's Dead as an audiobook?

The Water's Dead runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is The Water's Dead free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Water's Dead?

The Water's Dead is narrated by Sara Lynam.

Is The Water's Dead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.