Born Bad: A Gripping Gangland Drama That Will Keep You Turning the Pages Late Into the Night: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Manchester series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Born Bad: A Gripping Gangland Drama That Will Keep You Turning the Pages Late Into the Night audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Penelope Rawlins (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.5 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 |
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What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Manchester Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 28 hours in all.
More narrated by Penelope Rawlins
Penelope Rawlins narrates 228 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,962 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,926 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
Born Bad: A Gripping Gangland Drama That Will Keep You Turning the Pages Late Into the Night is book 1 of Heather Burnside's Manchester series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Penelope Rawlins, released November 25, 2025, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Penelope Rawlins
- Released
- November 25, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- Manchester Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781035924196
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Born Bad: A Gripping Gangland Drama That Will Keep You Turning the Pages Late Into the Night audiobook?
Born Bad: A Gripping Gangland Drama That Will Keep You Turning the Pages Late Into the Night runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Born Bad: A Gripping Gangland Drama That Will Keep You Turning the Pages Late Into the Night audiobook free?
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Who narrates Born Bad: A Gripping Gangland Drama That Will Keep You Turning the Pages Late Into the Night?
Born Bad: A Gripping Gangland Drama That Will Keep You Turning the Pages Late Into the Night is narrated by Penelope Rawlins.