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Happenstance by Joel Austin

Happenstance: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Frank Sherman Thriller series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Happenstance audiobook runs 10.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Kyle Snyder (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.7listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Happenstance at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Frank Sherman Thriller

This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 48 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Happenstance10.7 hrs
2Reckoning10.2 hrs
3Perpetua9.1 hrs
4Nomad8.5 hrs
5The Last One Out9.4 hrs

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

2,963 Suspense 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

Happenstance is book 1 of Joel Austin's Frank Sherman Thriller series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Kyle Snyder, released February 9, 2026, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.7 hrs
Narrated by
Kyle Snyder
Released
February 9, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
Frank Sherman Thriller #1
ISBN
9798331977887

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Happenstance audiobook?

Happenstance runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is the Happenstance audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Happenstance?

Happenstance is narrated by Kyle Snyder.

Is Happenstance worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.