What the Dead Leave Behind: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Gilded Age Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What the Dead Leave Behind audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Sarah Zimmerman (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Gilded Age Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 10 run 105.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What the Dead Leave Behind | 12.4 hrs |
| 2 | Lies That Comfort and Betray | 12.6 hrs |
| 3 | Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets | 9.1 hrs |
| 4 | Death Brings a Shadow | 9.9 hrs |
| 5 | Death, Diamonds, and Deception | 10.2 hrs |
| 6 | The Dead Cry Justice | 10.7 hrs |
| 7 | Death at the Falls | 10.9 hrs |
| 8 | Murder Wears a Hidden Face | 9.9 hrs |
| 9 | Death Takes the Lead | 9.9 hrs |
| 10 | In Deadly Fashion | 9.8 hrs |
More narrated by Sarah Zimmerman
Sarah Zimmerman narrates 334 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,570 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
6,966 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Woman in Cabin 10
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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
What the Dead Leave Behind is book 1 of Rosemary Simpson's Gilded Age Mystery series: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Sarah Zimmerman, released December 26, 2017, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sarah Zimmerman
- Released
- December 26, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Gilded Age Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781541488946
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What the Dead Leave Behind audiobook?
What the Dead Leave Behind runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the What the Dead Leave Behind audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What the Dead Leave Behind?
What the Dead Leave Behind is narrated by Sarah Zimmerman.
Is What the Dead Leave Behind worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.