Bad News: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bad News audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Kramer (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Kramer
Michael Kramer narrates 226 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,186 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,888 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 News is an audiobook by Donald E. Westlake: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Kramer, released April 23, 2001, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Kramer
- Released
- April 23, 2001
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- ISBN
- 9781415911228
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bad News audiobook?
Bad News runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is the Bad News audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bad News?
Bad News is narrated by Michael Kramer.