A Tiding of Magpies: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Birder Murder Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Tiding of Magpies runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Thorpe (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 David Thorpe
David Thorpe narrates 356 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,606 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,344 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Places
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
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 Tiding of Magpies is book 5 of Steve Burrows's Birder Murder Mystery series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Thorpe, released November 1, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Thorpe
- Released
- November 1, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Birder Murder Mystery #5
- ISBN
- 9781445068213
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Tiding of Magpies as an audiobook?
A Tiding of Magpies runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is A Tiding of Magpies free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Tiding of Magpies?
A Tiding of Magpies is narrated by David Thorpe.
Is A Tiding of Magpies worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.