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Beat by Stephen Jay Schwartz

Beat: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Hayden Glass series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beat audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Ray Porter (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Beat at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Hayden Glass Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.9 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 18.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Boulevard9.9 hrs
2Beat9 hrs

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

Beat is book 2 of Stephen Jay Schwartz's Hayden Glass series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Porter, released September 28, 2010, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Ray Porter
Released
September 28, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
The Hayden Glass Series #2
ISBN
9781481587365

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Beat audiobook?

Beat runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is the Beat audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Beat?

Beat is narrated by Ray Porter.