The First Time I Saw Him: The unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me - A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Time I Saw Him: The unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me - A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tessa Albertson and Colin Donnell and others (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tessa Albertson
Tessa Albertson narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 97 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,051 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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 First Time I Saw Him: The unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me - A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick is an audiobook by Laura Dave: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Tessa Albertson, Colin Donnell and CJ Wilson and others, released January 15, 2026, on the Police & Detective and Popular on #BookTok shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tessa Albertson, Colin Donnell, CJ Wilson, Rebecca Lowman
- Released
- January 15, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Popular on #BookTok
- ISBN
- 9781804957059
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Time I Saw Him: The unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me - A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick as an audiobook?
The First Time I Saw Him: The unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me - A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The First Time I Saw Him: The unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me - A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The First Time I Saw Him: The unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me - A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick?
The First Time I Saw Him: The unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me - A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick is narrated by Tessa Albertson, Colin Donnell, CJ Wilson and Rebecca Lowman.