The Body on the Beach: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Fethering series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Body on the Beach runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Brett (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 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 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Fethering
This is book 1. Books 1 to 18 run 137.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Body on the Beach | 7.5 hrs |
| 2 | Death on the Downs | 8.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Torso in the Town | 8.2 hrs |
| 4 | Murder in the Museum | 8.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Hanging in the Hotel | 8.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Witness at the Wedding | 7.9 hrs |
| 7 | The Stabbing in the Stables | 7.8 hrs |
| 8 | Death Under the Dryer | 8.1 hrs |
| 9 | Blood at the Bookies | 7.5 hrs |
| 10 | The Poisoning in the Pub | 8.1 hrs |
| 11 | The Shooting in the Shop | 8.4 hrs |
| 12 | Bones Under the Beach Hut | 7.4 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Brett
Simon Brett narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 275 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,529 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Open Season
- The Beach House
- The 18th Abduction
- Let Me Go (An Ashley Hope Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- The 6th Target
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 Body on the Beach is book 1 of Simon Brett's Fethering series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Brett, released January 1, 2019, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Brett
- Released
- January 1, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Fethering #1
- ISBN
- 9781445082110
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Body on the Beach as an audiobook?
The Body on the Beach runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is The Body on the Beach free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Body on the Beach?
The Body on the Beach is narrated by Simon Brett.