If Death Ever Slept Audiobook, by Rex Stout Play Audiobook Sample

If Death Ever Slept Audiobook

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Read By: Michael Prichard Publisher: Random House Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.00 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Nero Wolfe Series Release Date: March 2007 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781415939864

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

20

Longest Chapter Length:

32:37 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

10 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

17:41 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

29

Publisher Description

With Nero Wolfe on the job, you'd think murderers would take caution. But even the master detective can't stop a killing, especially if it's an inside job—right under the roof of his client, millionaire Otis Jarrell. What's more, it's Jarrell's own missing revolver that the killer uses. Wolfe must find the truth behind the scandals in Jarrell's ill-behaved family. One of its members sleeps the fitful sleep of the guilty, and Wolfe's getting dead tired of murder.

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"This one was fun with all the characters involved. Its like Too Many Women when Archie goes to be among his clients but Nero features more in this one than he did in that one. Typical fun Nero novel."

— Beth (4 out of 5 stars)

Quotes

  • “What stays in the mind are the sharply etched images (in black and white, like the best photographs from the period) of a relatively recent but completely vanished world of glamour, greed, and human weakness.”

    — Publishers Weekly

If Death Ever Slept Listener Reviews

Overall Performance: 3.54545454545455 out of 53.54545454545455 out of 53.54545454545455 out of 53.54545454545455 out of 53.54545454545455 out of 5 (3.55)
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Narration: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 (5.00)
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Story: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 (5.00)
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  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Narration Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Story Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    — 4/13/2022
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " This one was okay. Rex Stout's later books just aren't as good, but this one wasn't painful to read. I did really like the old maid daughter's poem about shooting the squirrel. I felt that listing where everyone was and when in the form he did was tiresome, so I didn't read it. A waste of space. "

    — Felicia, 1/10/2014
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " This gets the fourth star for the silly squirrel poem. "

    — Mkb, 12/31/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Even second-rate Nero Wolfe is fun. "

    — E, 12/13/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I haven't read any Nero Wolfe mysteries in ages, but I found this one in a compilation of 7 Rex Stout/Nero Wolfe mysteries on my book shelf. "

    — Sallie, 11/17/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Nero Wolfe is my favorite mystery character. "

    — Sur, 5/20/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " A typical Nero Wolfe mystery, with the usual cast of characters. This is not one of my favorites. I also found it was harder to follow parts of the story on audiotape than in the hardcopy book (example-- a sequential listing of all the characters' alibis for a three day period). "

    — Susan, 2/9/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Another great Nero Wolfe mystery. I listened to this one and Michael Pritchard does a great job as usual. "

    — Kathy, 2/5/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Always enjoy Nero Wolfe. And I love Archie Goodwin. I thought Archie particularly good in this ... "

    — Bev, 11/3/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " good. love the wit and writing style. "

    — Ruth, 9/17/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Wheeler-dealer Otis Jarrell thinks his daughter-in-law Susan is a "snake," and Archie Goodwin poses as his private secretary to amass the evidence. Someone ends up dead of course, and then the fun begins. "

    — Bill, 6/13/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I need to remember that Nero Wolf doesn't translate to audio well. Still good, but it's a better read. "

    — AnnieM, 5/12/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " A decent Nero Wolfe mystery but not his best work. "

    — Niffer, 2/24/2012
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " I read a lot of the Nero Wolfe stories an age ago in high school. I'd take four of th home in the afternoon and be finished with them by the wee hours. I enjoyed them at first, but tired of them soon enough. "

    — Charles, 12/10/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I can't help but love these books.... a whole other age when even murder seems more civil.. "

    — Linda, 10/25/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " A decent Nero Wolfe mystery but not his best work. "

    — Niffer, 4/28/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I haven't read any Nero Wolfe mysteries in ages, but I found this one in a compilation of 7 Rex Stout/Nero Wolfe mysteries on my book shelf. "

    — Sallie, 9/16/2010
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " good. love the wit and writing style. "

    — Ruth, 9/4/2010
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Nero Wolfe is my favorite mystery character. "

    — Sur, 9/9/2009
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I can't help but love these books.... a whole other age when even murder seems more civil.. "

    — Linda, 7/23/2009
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " This one was okay. Rex Stout's later books just aren't as good, but this one wasn't painful to read. I did really like the old maid daughter's poem about shooting the squirrel. I felt that listing where everyone was and when in the form he did was tiresome, so I didn't read it. A waste of space. "

    — Felicia, 9/18/2008
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Wheeler-dealer Otis Jarrell thinks his daughter-in-law Susan is a "snake," and Archie Goodwin poses as his private secretary to amass the evidence. Someone ends up dead of course, and then the fun begins. "

    — Bill, 8/6/2008

About Rex Stout

Rex Stout (1886–1975), inimitable master of detective fiction, wrote seventy-three mysteries and numerous novels and short stories. He is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Nero Wolfe. He was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and received the Crime Writers Association’s Silver Dagger Award.

About Michael Prichard

Michael Prichard is a Los Angeles-based actor who has played several thousand characters during his career, over one hundred of them in theater and film. He is primarily heard as an audiobook narrator, having recorded well over five hundred full-length books. His numerous awards and accolades include an Audie Award for Tears in the Darkness by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman and six AudioFile Earphones Awards. He was named a Top Ten Golden Voice by SmartMoney magazine. He holds an MFA in theater from the University of Southern California.