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The Broken Shore by Peter Temple

The Broken Shore: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Broken Shore series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Broken Shore runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Hosking (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 10 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

3,172 Suspense 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 Broken Shore is book 1 of Peter Temple's Broken Shore series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Hosking, released September 1, 2008, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Hosking
Released
September 1, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
Broken Shore #1
ISBN
9781407428413

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Broken Shore as an audiobook?

The Broken Shore runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is The Broken Shore free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Broken Shore?

The Broken Shore is narrated by Peter Hosking.

Is The Broken Shore worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.6 hours, saving 3.3 hours.