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The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell

The Bone Bed: Audiobook

Book 20 of the Kay Scarpetta Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bone Bed runs 12.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Reading (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.9listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Bone Bed at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

734 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 Bone Bed is book 20 of Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta Mysteries series: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released August 15, 2023, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.9 hrs
Narrated by
Kate Reading
Released
August 15, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Kay Scarpetta Mysteries #20
ISBN
9781705079201

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Bone Bed as an audiobook?

The Bone Bed runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is The Bone Bed free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Bone Bed?

The Bone Bed is narrated by Kate Reading.

Is The Bone Bed worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.