Bitter Past: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Bitter Root Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bitter Past audiobook runs 7 hours unabridged, narrated by Marcus Barton (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bitter Root Mysteries
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 26.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 33.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bitter Roots | 6.6 hrs |
| 2 | Bitter Truth | 7.3 hrs |
| 3 | Bitter End | 6.6 hrs |
| 4 | Bittersweet | 6.5 hrs |
| 5 | Bitter Past | 7 hrs |
More narrated by Marcus Barton
Marcus Barton narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 44 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,758 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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
Bitter Past is book 5 of CJ Carmichael's Bitter Root Mysteries series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Marcus Barton, released January 15, 2026, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marcus Barton
- Released
- January 15, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Bitter Root Mysteries #5
- ISBN
- 9781970840452
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bitter Past audiobook?
Bitter Past runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
Is the Bitter Past audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bitter Past?
Bitter Past is narrated by Marcus Barton.