The Bad Things: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Alex Devlin series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bad Things runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kristin Atherton (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Alex Devlin
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 44.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bad Things | 11.6 hrs |
| 2 | After She Fell | 11.9 hrs |
| 3 | Dark Waters | 11.2 hrs |
| 4 | Gone in the Night | 9.6 hrs |
More narrated by Kristin Atherton
Kristin Atherton narrates 492 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,809 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,432 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- That Affair Next Door
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 Things is book 1 of Mary-Jane Riley's Alex Devlin series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin Atherton, released February 16, 2021, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kristin Atherton
- Released
- February 16, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Alex Devlin #1
- ISBN
- 9780008461805
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bad Things as an audiobook?
The Bad Things runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Bad Things free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bad Things?
The Bad Things is narrated by Kristin Atherton.
Is The Bad Things worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.