The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories runs 20.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James MacPherson (about 13.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James MacPherson
James MacPherson narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 169 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
166 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 Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories is an audiobook by Ian Rankin: a 20.5-hour unabridged recording, read by James MacPherson, released August 11, 2015, on the Police & Detective and Short Stories shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- James MacPherson
- Released
- August 11, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781478904380
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories as an audiobook?
The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories runs 20.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.7 hours.
Is The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories?
The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories is narrated by James MacPherson.
Is The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.7 hours, saving 6.8 hours.