Broken Ground: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Karen Pirie series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Broken Ground audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Cathleen Mccarron (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Karen Pirie
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 51.5 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 64.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Distant Echo | 14 hrs |
| 2 | A Darker Domain | 13 hrs |
| 3 | The Skeleton Road | 11.5 hrs |
| 4 | Out Of Bounds | 13 hrs |
| 5 | Broken Ground | 12.9 hrs |
More narrated by Cathleen Mccarron
Cathleen Mccarron narrates 54 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 529 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,561 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Local Woman Missing
- The Whistler
- The Terminal List
- Rules of Prey
- Savage Son
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
Broken Ground is book 5 of Val McDermid's Karen Pirie series: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Cathleen Mccarron, released August 23, 2018, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cathleen Mccarron
- Released
- August 23, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Karen Pirie #5
- ISBN
- 9781528822923
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Broken Ground audiobook?
Broken Ground runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is the Broken Ground audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Broken Ground?
Broken Ground is narrated by Cathleen Mccarron.
Is Broken Ground worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.