A Brutal Season: Audiobook
Book 3 of the DI Sara Hirst series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Brutal Season runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lauren Irwin (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 |
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 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DI Sara Hirst
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 18.6 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 52.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under Violent Skies | 9.3 hrs |
| 2 | Into Deadly Storms | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | A Brutal Season | 8.4 hrs |
| 4 | An Artful Murder | 8.4 hrs |
| 5 | The Norfolk Beach Murders | 8.6 hrs |
| 6 | The Wild Thyme Farm Murder | 8.3 hrs |
More narrated by Lauren Irwin
Lauren Irwin narrates 107 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 302 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,754 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
A Brutal Season is book 3 of Judi Daykin's DI Sara Hirst series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Lauren Irwin, released August 12, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lauren Irwin
- Released
- August 12, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- DI Sara Hirst #3
- ISBN
- 9798331974909
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Brutal Season as an audiobook?
A Brutal Season runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is A Brutal Season free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Brutal Season?
A Brutal Season is narrated by Lauren Irwin.