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The Big Fear by Andrew Case

The Big Fear: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Hollow City series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Big Fear runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Berkrot (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.4listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Big Fear at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,753 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 Big Fear is book 1 of Andrew Case's Hollow City series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Berkrot, released April 1, 2016, on the Police & Detective and Legal & Political shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.4 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Berkrot
Released
April 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Legal & Political
Series
Hollow City Series #1
ISBN
9781511366649

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Big Fear as an audiobook?

The Big Fear runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is The Big Fear free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Big Fear?

The Big Fear is narrated by Peter Berkrot.