The Mother Missing: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Cate Austin series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mother Missing runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ivana Rakic and Jane Fox (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Cate Austin
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 39.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 52 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Woman Before Me | 9.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Sacrificial Man | 9.3 hrs |
| 3 | Boy B | 11.3 hrs |
| 4 | Nowhere Girl | 9.7 hrs |
| 5 | The Mother Missing | 12.1 hrs |
More narrated by Ivana Rakic
Ivana Rakic narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 71 hours in all.
About as long, on the Psychological shelf
1,278 Psychological 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 Mother Missing is book 5 of Ruth Dugdall's Cate Austin series: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Ivana Rakic and Jane Fox, released September 24, 2026, on the Psychological shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ivana Rakic, Jane Fox
- Released
- September 24, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological
- Series
- Cate Austin #5
- ISBN
- 9780008805616
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mother Missing as an audiobook?
The Mother Missing runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Mother Missing free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mother Missing?
The Mother Missing is narrated by Ivana Rakic and Jane Fox.
Is The Mother Missing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.