The Beetle: A Mystery: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Pieter Van In Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beetle: A Mystery runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nigel Patterson (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 8,772 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nigel Patterson
Nigel Patterson narrates 153 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,957 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Paranormal shelf
1,059 Paranormal 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 Beetle: A Mystery is book 1 of Richard Marsh's Pieter Van In Mysteries series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Nigel Patterson, released April 20, 2021, on the Horror and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nigel Patterson
- Released
- April 20, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Horror, Classics (Literature), Paranormal
- Series
- The Pieter Van In Mysteries Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781665075626
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beetle: A Mystery as an audiobook?
The Beetle: A Mystery runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Beetle: A Mystery free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beetle: A Mystery?
The Beetle: A Mystery is narrated by Nigel Patterson.
Is The Beetle: A Mystery worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.