Better the Blood: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Hana Westerman series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Better the Blood audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Miriama Mcdowell and Richard Te Are (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Hana Westerman
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 25.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better the Blood | 9.2 hrs |
| 2 | Return to Blood | 7.3 hrs |
| 3 | Carved in Blood: The stunning new Hana Westerman thriller from the award-winning author of BETTER THE BLOOD | 8.6 hrs |
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,127 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
Better the Blood is book 1 of Michael Bennett's Hana Westerman series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Miriama Mcdowell and Richard Te Are, released January 10, 2023, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Miriama Mcdowell, Richard Te Are
- Released
- January 10, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Hana Westerman #1
- ISBN
- 9781705087664
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Better the Blood audiobook?
Better the Blood runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is the Better the Blood audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Better the Blood?
Better the Blood is narrated by Miriama Mcdowell and Richard Te Are.