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The Way We Die Now by Charles Willeford

The Way We Die Now: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Hoke Moseley Novels series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Way We Die Now runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Bowlby (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Way We Die Now at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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

What our data says

  • At 7 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Hoke Moseley Novels

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 22.8 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 29.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Miami Blues6.4 hrs
2New Hope for the Dead7.7 hrs
3Sideswipe8.7 hrs
4The Way We Die Now7 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

3,794 Police & Detective 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 Way We Die Now is book 4 of Charles Willeford's Hoke Moseley Novels series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Bowlby, released August 5, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7 hrs
Narrated by
Stephen Bowlby
Released
August 5, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Hoke Moseley Novels #4
ISBN
9781483008868

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Way We Die Now as an audiobook?

The Way We Die Now runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

Is The Way We Die Now free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Way We Die Now?

The Way We Die Now is narrated by Stephen Bowlby.