The Magpie: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Billie Wilde Thrillers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Magpie runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jill Halfpenny (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 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Billie Wilde Thrillers
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 25 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Magpie | 7.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Devil’s Line | 9.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Mad-Hatter Murders | 8.5 hrs |
More narrated by Jill Halfpenny
Jill Halfpenny narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 56 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,062 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 Magpie is book 1 of Marrisse Whittaker's Billie Wilde Thrillers series: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jill Halfpenny, released May 31, 2022, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jill Halfpenny
- Released
- May 31, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Billie Wilde Thrillers #1
- ISBN
- 9781667068510
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Magpie as an audiobook?
The Magpie runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The Magpie free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Magpie?
The Magpie is narrated by Jill Halfpenny.