The Broken Spine: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Beloved Bookroom Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Broken Spine runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Allyson Ryan (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Beloved Bookroom Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 28.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Broken Spine | 9.7 hrs |
| 2 | A Perfect Bind | 9.3 hrs |
| 3 | A Book Club to Die For | 9.2 hrs |
More narrated by Allyson Ryan
Allyson Ryan narrates 287 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,611 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,813 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 Broken Spine is book 1 of Dorothy St. James's Beloved Bookroom Mystery series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Allyson Ryan, released April 6, 2021, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Allyson Ryan
- Released
- April 6, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Beloved Bookroom Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781666111583
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Broken Spine as an audiobook?
The Broken Spine runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The Broken Spine free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Broken Spine?
The Broken Spine is narrated by Allyson Ryan.