The House in the Woods: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Atticus Priest series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The House in the Woods runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Atticus Priest
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 50.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The House in the Woods | 10 hrs |
| 2 | A Place to Bury Strangers | 9.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Red Room | 10.1 hrs |
| 4 | All The Devils Are Here | 12.3 hrs |
| 5 | The Inheritance | 9.5 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,555 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 House in the Woods is book 1 of Mark Dawson's Atticus Priest series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released May 19, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- May 19, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Atticus Priest #1
- ISBN
- 9781705228548
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The House in the Woods as an audiobook?
The House in the Woods runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The House in the Woods free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The House in the Woods?
The House in the Woods is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The House in the Woods worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.6 hours, saving 3.3 hours.