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Old Bones by Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

Old Bones: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Nora Kelly series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Old Bones audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Cynthia Farrell (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Old Bones 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Nora Kelly

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 22.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Old Bones10.9 hrs
2The Scorpion's Tail12 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,364 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

Old Bones is book 1 of Lincoln Child's Nora Kelly series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Cynthia Farrell, released August 20, 2019, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Cynthia Farrell
Released
August 20, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Nora Kelly #1
ISBN
9781549142239

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Old Bones audiobook?

Old Bones runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is the Old Bones audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Old Bones?

Old Bones is narrated by Cynthia Farrell.

Is Old Bones worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

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