Bowen River: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bec Whitfield Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bowen River audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Olivia Beardsley (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bec Whitfield Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 36.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen River | 8.3 hrs |
| 2 | Shadows on the Shore | 9.6 hrs |
| 3 | Storm Season | 10.1 hrs |
| 4 | Dark Waters | 8.5 hrs |
More narrated by Olivia Beardsley
Olivia Beardsley narrates 47 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 389 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,628 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
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
Bowen River is book 1 of Annie Seaton's Bec Whitfield Mystery series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Olivia Beardsley, released April 1, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Olivia Beardsley
- Released
- April 1, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Bec Whitfield Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781399185202
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bowen River audiobook?
Bowen River runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is the Bowen River audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bowen River?
Bowen River is narrated by Olivia Beardsley.