When the Past Kills: Audiobook
Book 5 of the DI Ridpath Crime Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When the Past Kills audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Dan Bottomley (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DI Ridpath Crime Thriller
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 36.2 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 71.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where The Truth Lies: A completely gripping crime thriller | 9.9 hrs |
| 2 | Where The Dead Fall: A completely gripping crime thriller | 8.8 hrs |
| 3 | Where the Silence Calls | 9.1 hrs |
| 4 | Where the Innocent Die | 8.4 hrs |
| 5 | When the Past Kills | 8.4 hrs |
| 6 | When the Evil Waits | 8.6 hrs |
| 7 | When the Guilty Cry | 9.3 hrs |
| 8 | When the Night Ends | 9.4 hrs |
More narrated by Dan Bottomley
Dan Bottomley narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 327 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,700 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- 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
When the Past Kills is book 5 of M. J. Lee's DI Ridpath Crime Thriller series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Dan Bottomley, released July 6, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dan Bottomley
- Released
- July 6, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- DI Ridpath Crime Thriller #5
- ISBN
- 9781800326194
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the When the Past Kills audiobook?
When the Past Kills runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the When the Past Kills audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates When the Past Kills?
When the Past Kills is narrated by Dan Bottomley.