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Killing Mister Watson by Peter Matthiessen

Killing Mister Watson: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Watson series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Killing Mister Watson audiobook runs 17.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Mark Hammer and Barbara Rosenblat and others (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.2listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Killing Mister Watson at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 17.2 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Watson

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 66.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Killing Mister Watson17.2 hrs
2Lost Man's River27.1 hrs
3Bone by Bone22.3 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

381 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

Killing Mister Watson is book 1 of Peter Matthiessen's Watson series: a 17.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Hammer, Barbara Rosenblat and George Guidall and others, released October 14, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.2 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Hammer, Barbara Rosenblat, George Guidall, Norman Dietz
Released
October 14, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Watson #1
ISBN
9781461811367

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Killing Mister Watson audiobook?

Killing Mister Watson runs 17.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.

Is the Killing Mister Watson audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Killing Mister Watson?

Killing Mister Watson is narrated by Mark Hammer, Barbara Rosenblat, George Guidall and Norman Dietz.

Is Killing Mister Watson worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.7 hours.