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A Bad Place to Be a Hero by Jerry F. Westinger

A Bad Place to Be a Hero: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Bad series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Bad Place to Be a Hero runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vicki-Jo Eva (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.7listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Bad Place to Be a Hero at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 8.7 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Bad Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26.6 hours in all.

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

2,878 Suspense 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

A Bad Place to Be a Hero is book 1 of Jerry F. Westinger's Bad series: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Vicki-Jo Eva, released March 4, 2023, on the Suspense and Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.7 hrs
Narrated by
Vicki-Jo Eva
Released
March 4, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense, Fantasy, Paranormal
Series
The Bad Series #1
ISBN
9789152724682

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Bad Place to Be a Hero as an audiobook?

A Bad Place to Be a Hero runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is A Bad Place to Be a Hero free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Bad Place to Be a Hero?

A Bad Place to Be a Hero is narrated by Vicki-Jo Eva.