The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Fethering Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ralph Cosham (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Fethering Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 14.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery | 7 hrs |
| 2 | Death on the Downs | 7.6 hrs |
More narrated by Ralph Cosham
Ralph Cosham narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 338 hours in all.
- A Fatal Grace: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
- Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,343 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery is book 1 of Simon Brett's Fethering Mysteries series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ralph Cosham, released April 20, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ralph Cosham
- Released
- April 20, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Fethering Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781481560375
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery as an audiobook?
The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
Is The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery?
The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery is narrated by Ralph Cosham.