A Bird in the Hand: Audiobook
Book 1 of the George and Molly Palmer-Jones series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Bird in the Hand runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Barrett (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on George and Molly Palmer-Jones
This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 54.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Bird in the Hand | 7.3 hrs |
| 2 | Come Death and High Water | 7 hrs |
| 3 | Murder in Paradise | 6.2 hrs |
| 4 | A Prey to Murder | 6.1 hrs |
| 5 | Another Man's Poison: A Classic Murder Mystery Novel from the Author of the Bestselling Vera, Shetland and Venn Series | 6.9 hrs |
| 6 | Sea Fever | 6.4 hrs |
| 7 | The Mill on the Shore | 7.2 hrs |
| 8 | High Island Blues | 7.4 hrs |
More narrated by Sean Barrett
Sean Barrett narrates 171 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,729 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,180 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- 3rd Degree
- Open Season
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
- 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
A Bird in the Hand is book 1 of Ann Cleeves's George and Molly Palmer-Jones series: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Barrett, released March 31, 2022, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Barrett
- Released
- March 31, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- George and Molly Palmer-Jones #1
- ISBN
- 9781035004751
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Bird in the Hand as an audiobook?
A Bird in the Hand runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is A Bird in the Hand free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Bird in the Hand?
A Bird in the Hand is narrated by Sean Barrett.