The Busy Body: Audiobook
Part of Mysterious Press-Highbridge Audio Classics
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Busy Body runs 5.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Brian Holsopple (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.6 hours, it is shorter than 85% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Brian Holsopple
Brian Holsopple narrates 41 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 307 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,714 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 Busy Body is an audiobook by Donald E. Westlake: a 5.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Brian Holsopple, released February 28, 2012, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Brian Holsopple
- Released
- February 28, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Fiction
- Series
- Mysterious Press-Highbridge Audio Classics
- ISBN
- 9781611748109
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Busy Body as an audiobook?
The Busy Body runs 5.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is The Busy Body free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Busy Body?
The Busy Body is narrated by Brian Holsopple.