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The Highland Retreat by Tess Mackey

The Highland Retreat: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Bad Places series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Highland Retreat runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gloria Sanders (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Highland Retreat at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 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 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Bad Places

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 21.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Perfect Wedding10.5 hrs
2The Highland Retreat10.7 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,626 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 Highland Retreat is book 2 of Tess Mackey's Bad Places series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Gloria Sanders, released August 13, 2026, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.7 hrs
Narrated by
Gloria Sanders
Released
August 13, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Psychological
Series
Bad Places #2
ISBN
9780008810764

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Highland Retreat as an audiobook?

The Highland Retreat runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is The Highland Retreat free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Highland Retreat?

The Highland Retreat is narrated by Gloria Sanders.

Is The Highland Retreat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.