Bad Things Happen: Audiobook
Book 1 of the David Loogan series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bad Things Happen audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Erik Davies (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 David Loogan
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 39.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Things Happen | 11 hrs |
| 2 | Very Bad Men | 15.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Last Dead Girl | 13 hrs |
More narrated by Erik Davies
Erik Davies narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 665 hours in all.
- A Briefer History of Time
- Open: An Autobiography
- The Keeper of Lost Causes
- The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
- The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine, Book One)
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 Things Happen is book 1 of Harry Dolan's David Loogan series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Erik Davies, released July 23, 2009, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Erik Davies
- Released
- July 23, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Psychological, Literary Fiction
- Series
- David Loogan #1
- ISBN
- 9781101079386
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bad Things Happen audiobook?
Bad Things Happen runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the Bad Things Happen audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bad Things Happen?
Bad Things Happen is narrated by Erik Davies.
Is Bad Things Happen worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.