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The Baleful Owl by Virgil Alexander

The Baleful Owl: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Deputy Allred & Apache Policeman Victor series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Baleful Owl runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Curtis Michael Holland (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Baleful Owl at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Deputy Allred & Apache Policeman Victor

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 16.8 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 45.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Wham Curse8.3 hrs
2Saints and Sinners8.4 hrs
3The Baleful Owl11.7 hrs
4Murder in Copper9 hrs
5Broken Earth7.6 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

3,257 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 Baleful Owl is book 3 of Virgil Alexander's Deputy Allred & Apache Policeman Victor series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Curtis Michael Holland, released May 14, 2024, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Curtis Michael Holland
Released
May 14, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Deputy Allred & Apache Policeman Victor #3
ISBN
9798855531909

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Baleful Owl as an audiobook?

The Baleful Owl runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is The Baleful Owl free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Baleful Owl?

The Baleful Owl is narrated by Curtis Michael Holland.

Is The Baleful Owl worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.