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Dark Waters by Annie Seaton

Dark Waters: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Bec Whitfield Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Waters audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Olivia Beardsley (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dark Waters at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Bec Whitfield Mystery

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 28 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 36.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Bowen River8.3 hrs
2Shadows on the Shore9.6 hrs
3Storm Season10.1 hrs
4Dark Waters8.5 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,803 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

Dark Waters is book 4 of Annie Seaton's Bec Whitfield Mystery series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Olivia Beardsley, released September 1, 2026, on the Police & Detective and Romance shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Olivia Beardsley
Released
September 1, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Romance
Series
Bec Whitfield Mystery #4
ISBN
9781444861259

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dark Waters audiobook?

Dark Waters runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is the Dark Waters audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dark Waters?

Dark Waters is narrated by Olivia Beardsley.