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Before You Were Gone by Sheila Bugler

Before You Were Gone: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Dee Doran series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before You Were Gone audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Helen Barford (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 10 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,554 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 You Were Gone is book 3 of Sheila Bugler's Dee Doran series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Helen Barford, released September 1, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10 hrs
Narrated by
Helen Barford
Released
September 1, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Dee Doran #3
ISBN
9781399108119

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Before You Were Gone audiobook?

Before You Were Gone runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is the Before You Were Gone audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Before You Were Gone?

Before You Were Gone is narrated by Helen Barford.

Is Before You Were Gone worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.6 hours, saving 3.3 hours.