Before the Killing: Audiobook
Book 1 of the BEFORE series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before the Killing audiobook runs 4.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Sonja Field (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The BEFORE Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 17.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before the Killing | 4.5 hrs |
| 2 | Before She Was Taken | 6 hrs |
| 3 | Before He Vanished | 6.6 hrs |
More narrated by Sonja Field
Sonja Field narrates 30 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 187 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
489 Science Fiction 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 the Killing is book 1 of Margie Benedict's BEFORE series: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sonja Field, released January 4, 2023, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sonja Field
- Released
- January 4, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- The BEFORE Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781954584242
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before the Killing audiobook?
Before the Killing runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is the Before the Killing audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Before the Killing?
Before the Killing is narrated by Sonja Field.