Bad Bird: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Jackie Swaitkowski Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bad Bird audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Deanna Hurst (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Jackie Swaitkowski Mysteries
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.4 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 20.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Short Squeeze | 9.4 hrs |
| 2 | Bad Bird | 11 hrs |
More narrated by Deanna Hurst
Deanna Hurst narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 224 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,226 Police & Detective 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
Bad Bird is book 2 of Chris Knopf's Jackie Swaitkowski Mysteries series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Deanna Hurst, released February 1, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Deanna Hurst
- Released
- February 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Jackie Swaitkowski Mysteries #2
- ISBN
- 9781609982201
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bad Bird audiobook?
Bad Bird runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the Bad Bird audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bad Bird?
Bad Bird is narrated by Deanna Hurst.
Is Bad Bird worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.