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The Axe Woman by Håkan Nesser

The Axe Woman: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Barbarotti series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Axe Woman runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Martin Wenner (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Axe Woman at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,187 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

The Axe Woman is book 5 of Håkan Nesser's Barbarotti series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Martin Wenner, released September 1, 2022, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.7 hrs
Narrated by
Martin Wenner
Released
September 1, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Barbarotti Series #5
ISBN
9781509892389

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Axe Woman as an audiobook?

The Axe Woman runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is The Axe Woman free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Axe Woman?

The Axe Woman is narrated by Martin Wenner.

Is The Axe Woman worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.