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Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher

Bitter Wash Road: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Paul Hirschhausen series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bitter Wash Road audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Steve Shanahan (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Bitter Wash Road at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Steve Shanahan

Steve Shanahan narrates 29 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 311 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Suspense shelf

3,023 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

Bitter Wash Road is book 1 of Garry Disher's Paul Hirschhausen series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve Shanahan, released November 1, 2021, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Steve Shanahan
Released
November 1, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
Paul Hirschhausen #1
ISBN
9781004066131

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Bitter Wash Road audiobook?

Bitter Wash Road runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is the Bitter Wash Road audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Bitter Wash Road?

Bitter Wash Road is narrated by Steve Shanahan.

Is Bitter Wash Road worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.