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The Bad Seed by Rita H Rowe

The Bad Seed: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bad Seed runs 6.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lucy Dwyer (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.1listening hrs
Mysterystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Bad Seed at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.1 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Mystery shelf

1,025 Mystery 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 Bad Seed is an audiobook by Rita H Rowe: a 6.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Dwyer, released April 27, 2021, on the Mystery and Teen & YA shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.1 hrs
Narrated by
Lucy Dwyer
Released
April 27, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery, Teen & YA
ISBN
9781664905337

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Bad Seed as an audiobook?

The Bad Seed runs 6.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.

Is The Bad Seed free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Bad Seed?

The Bad Seed is narrated by Lucy Dwyer.