Center Stage: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Magnolia Steele Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Center Stage audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Elise Arsenault (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Magnolia Steele Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 31.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Center Stage | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | Act Two | 10.2 hrs |
| 3 | Call Back | 11 hrs |
More narrated by Elise Arsenault
Elise Arsenault narrates 140 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,267 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,810 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
Center Stage is book 1 of Denise Grover Swank's Magnolia Steele Mystery series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Elise Arsenault, released June 21, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elise Arsenault
- Released
- June 21, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Magnolia Steele Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781515978459
How to listen to Center Stage free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Center Stage audiobook?
Center Stage runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the Center Stage audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Center Stage?
Center Stage is narrated by Elise Arsenault.
Is Center Stage worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.