A String of Beads: A Jane Whitefield Novel: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Jane Whitefield Novels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A String of Beads: A Jane Whitefield Novel runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joyce Bean (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joyce Bean
Joyce Bean narrates 289 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,877 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,350 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Places
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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 String of Beads: A Jane Whitefield Novel is book 8 of Thomas Perry's Jane Whitefield Novels series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joyce Bean, released March 31, 2026, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joyce Bean
- Released
- March 31, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Jane Whitefield Novels #8
- ISBN
- 9781668179604
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A String of Beads: A Jane Whitefield Novel as an audiobook?
A String of Beads: A Jane Whitefield Novel runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is A String of Beads: A Jane Whitefield Novel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A String of Beads: A Jane Whitefield Novel?
A String of Beads: A Jane Whitefield Novel is narrated by Joyce Bean.
Is A String of Beads: A Jane Whitefield Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.