Bad Seed: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Cato Kwong series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bad Seed audiobook runs 12.6 hours unabridged, narrated by John Stretton (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Cato Kwong
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 24.7 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 63.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prime Cut | 11.8 hrs |
| 2 | Getting Warmer | 12.9 hrs |
| 3 | Bad Seed | 12.6 hrs |
| 4 | Heaven Sent | 13.1 hrs |
| 5 | Crocodile Tears | 13.4 hrs |
More narrated by John Stretton
John Stretton narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 107 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,740 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Whistler
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
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 Seed is book 3 of Alan Carter's Cato Kwong series: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by John Stretton, released May 15, 2023, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Stretton
- Released
- May 15, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Cato Kwong #3
- ISBN
- 9781004126392
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bad Seed audiobook?
Bad Seed runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is the Bad Seed audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bad Seed?
Bad Seed is narrated by John Stretton.
Is Bad Seed worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.