The Way of the Wicked: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Hope Street Church Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Way of the Wicked runs 7.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cris Dukehart (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 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 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Hope Street Church Mysteries
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 7.9 hours before it; books 1 to 9 run 66.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Path of the Crooked | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Way of the Wicked | 7.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Graves of the Guilty | 7.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Root of All Evil | 9.2 hrs |
| 5 | Fate of the Fallen | 9.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Deeds of the Deceitful | 6.7 hrs |
| 7 | Methods of Malice | 6.2 hrs |
| 8 | A Taste for Crime | 5.9 hrs |
| 9 | Dying to Sell | 6.5 hrs |
More narrated by Cris Dukehart
Cris Dukehart narrates 277 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,206 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,305 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- 3rd Degree
- Open Season
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
- The 18th Abduction
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 Way of the Wicked is book 2 of Ellery Adams's Hope Street Church Mysteries series: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Cris Dukehart, released March 15, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cris Dukehart
- Released
- March 15, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Hope Street Church Mysteries #2
- ISBN
- 9781515972518
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Way of the Wicked as an audiobook?
The Way of the Wicked runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Way of the Wicked free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Way of the Wicked?
The Way of the Wicked is narrated by Cris Dukehart.