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Close to the Bone by Stuart MacBride

Close to the Bone: Audiobook

Book 8 of the Logan McRae series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Close to the Bone audiobook runs 14.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Steve Worsley (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.2listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Close to the Bone at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,130 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

Close to the Bone is book 8 of Stuart MacBride's Logan McRae series: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve Worsley, released January 17, 2013, on the Police & Detective and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.2 hrs
Narrated by
Steve Worsley
Released
January 17, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Literary Fiction
Series
Logan McRae #8
ISBN
9780007497843

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Close to the Bone audiobook?

Close to the Bone runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.

Is the Close to the Bone audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Close to the Bone?

Close to the Bone is narrated by Steve Worsley.

Is Close to the Bone worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours.