Before: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Sam Ireland series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Nicholas Boulton (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 9 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sam Ireland
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 34.9 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 43.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Sea and the Sand | 11.7 hrs |
| 3 | Too Close to Home | 13.7 hrs |
| 4 | Before | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Nicholas Boulton
Nicholas Boulton narrates 84 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,176 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
3,040 Suspense 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 is book 4 of Finn Óg's Sam Ireland series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicholas Boulton, released April 15, 2026, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicholas Boulton
- Released
- April 15, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Sam Ireland #4
- ISBN
- 9781004212583
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before audiobook?
Before runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is the Before audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Before?
Before is narrated by Nicholas Boulton.