The Mind's Eye: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Van Veeteren series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mind's Eye runs 7.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Timson (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.2 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 |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Van Veeteren series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 10 run 100.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mind's Eye | 7.2 hrs |
| 2 | Borkmann's Point | 8.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Return | 8 hrs |
| 4 | Woman with Birthmark | 8.3 hrs |
| 5 | The Inspector and Silence | 9.2 hrs |
| 6 | The Unlucky Lottery | 9.3 hrs |
| 7 | Hour of the Wolf | 9.8 hrs |
| 8 | The Weeping Girl | 10.1 hrs |
| 9 | The Strangler's Honeymoon | 16.1 hrs |
| 10 | The G File | 14.9 hrs |
More narrated by David Timson
David Timson narrates 91 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,047 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,031 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
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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 Mind's Eye is book 1 of Håkan Nesser's Van Veeteren series: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by David Timson, released February 22, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Timson
- Released
- February 22, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Van Veeteren series #1
- ISBN
- 9781509856022
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mind's Eye as an audiobook?
The Mind's Eye runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The Mind's Eye free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mind's Eye?
The Mind's Eye is narrated by David Timson.