The Patriarch: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Bruno, Chief of Police series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Patriarch runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 5,716 Cozy Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bruno, Chief of Police
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 69.1 hours before it; books 1 to 16 run 160.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno, Chief of Police | 8.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Dark Vineyard | 10 hrs |
| 3 | Black Diamond | 9.4 hrs |
| 4 | The Crowded Grave | 10.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Devil's Cave | 11.1 hrs |
| 6 | The Resistance Man | 10.3 hrs |
| 7 | The Children Return | 9.7 hrs |
| 8 | The Patriarch | 10.4 hrs |
| 9 | Fatal Pursuit | 9.6 hrs |
| 10 | The Templars' Last Secret | 10 hrs |
| 11 | A Taste for Vengeance | 11 hrs |
| 12 | The Body in the Castle Well | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie
Robert Ian Mackenzie narrates 46 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 543 hours in all.
About as long, on the Cozy Mystery shelf
791 Cozy Mystery 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 Patriarch is book 8 of Martin Walker's Bruno, Chief of Police series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Ian Mackenzie, released August 11, 2015, on the Cozy Mystery shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Released
- August 11, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Bruno, Chief of Police #8
- ISBN
- 9781490691824
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Patriarch as an audiobook?
The Patriarch runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Patriarch free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Patriarch?
The Patriarch is narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie.
Is The Patriarch worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.