Beauty and the Beast: Audiobook
Book 3 of the A Matthew Hope Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beauty and the Beast audiobook runs 7.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Luke Daniels (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.1 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Luke Daniels
Luke Daniels narrates 392 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,725 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,923 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
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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
Beauty and the Beast is book 3 of Ed McBain's A Matthew Hope Mystery series: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Luke Daniels, released October 23, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Luke Daniels
- Released
- October 23, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- A Matthew Hope Mystery #3
- ISBN
- 9781469242989
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beauty and the Beast audiobook?
Beauty and the Beast runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is the Beauty and the Beast audiobook free?
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Who narrates Beauty and the Beast?
Beauty and the Beast is narrated by Luke Daniels.