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Before Books 1-3 by Margie Benedict

Before Books 1-3: Audiobook

Part of The BEFORE Series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before Books 1-3 audiobook runs 17.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Alex Picard and Sonja Field (about 11.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.1listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Before Books 1-3 at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 17.1 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

387 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

Before Books 1-3 is an audiobook by Margie Benedict: a 17.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Picard and Sonja Field, released June 1, 2024, on the Police & Detective and Science Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.1 hrs
Narrated by
Alex Picard, Sonja Field
Released
June 1, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Science Fiction
Series
The BEFORE Series
ISBN
9781954584464

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Before Books 1-3 audiobook?

Before Books 1-3 runs 17.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.4 hours.

Is the Before Books 1-3 audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Before Books 1-3?

Before Books 1-3 is narrated by Alex Picard and Sonja Field.

Is Before Books 1-3 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.4 hours, saving 5.7 hours.