The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Two Rivers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jack Holden (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 4,140 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Two Rivers Series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.6 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 21.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Long Call: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel | 11.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel | 10.3 hrs |
More narrated by Jack Holden
Jack Holden narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 37 hours in all.
- The Girls on the Shore
- Positive: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
- Next of Kin
- The Dying Light: The new page-turning Matthew Venn mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Vera and Shetland series
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
954 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Girl on the Train
- The Girl Before
- The Other Woman
- Beautiful Ugly
- Mad Mabel
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel is book 2 of Ann Cleeves's Two Rivers series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jack Holden, released September 7, 2021, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jack Holden
- Released
- September 7, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- The Two Rivers Series #2
- ISBN
- 9781250818140
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel as an audiobook?
The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel?
The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel is narrated by Jack Holden.
Is The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.