Bad to the Bone: Audiobook
Book 1 of the DI Bliss series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bad to the Bone audiobook runs 12.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Greg Wagland (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DI Bliss
This is book 1. Books 1 to 9 run 110.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad to the Bone | 12.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Scent of Guilt | 11.3 hrs |
| 3 | If Fear Wins | 12.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Reach of Shadows: DI Bliss book 4 | 12.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Death of Justice: DI Bliss book 5 | 11.1 hrs |
| 6 | Endless Silent Scream: DI Bliss Book 6 | 12.8 hrs |
| 7 | Slow Slicing: DI Bliss Book 7 | 12.7 hrs |
| 8 | The Autumn Tree: DI Bliss Book 8 | 13 hrs |
| 9 | Darker Days to Come: DI Jimmy Bliss Crime Series Book 9 Book 9 | 11.9 hrs |
More narrated by Greg Wagland
Greg Wagland narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 669 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,973 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 to the Bone is book 1 of Tony J. Forder's DI Bliss series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Greg Wagland, released June 28, 2018, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Greg Wagland
- Released
- June 28, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- DI Bliss #1
- ISBN
- 9781528814072
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bad to the Bone audiobook?
Bad to the Bone runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is the Bad to the Bone audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bad to the Bone?
Bad to the Bone is narrated by Greg Wagland.
Is Bad to the Bone worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.