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The Calling by Inger Ash Wolfe

The Calling: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Hazel Micallef Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Calling runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bernadette Dunne (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.4listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Calling at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Hazel Micallef Mysteries

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 40.5 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

3,608 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 Calling is book 1 of Inger Ash Wolfe's Hazel Micallef Mysteries series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Bernadette Dunne, released May 6, 2008, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.4 hrs
Narrated by
Bernadette Dunne
Released
May 6, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Hazel Micallef Mysteries #1
ISBN
9781602833708

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Calling as an audiobook?

The Calling runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is The Calling free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Calling?

The Calling is narrated by Bernadette Dunne.

Is The Calling worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.