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The Retreat by Sarah Pearse

The Retreat: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Detective Elin Warner series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Retreat runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Retreat at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 5,079 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden

Elizabeth Knowelden narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 706 hours in all.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

1,666 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Retreat is book 2 of Sarah Pearse's Detective Elin Warner series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Knowelden, released July 19, 2022, on the Psychological and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Elizabeth Knowelden
Released
July 19, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Contemporary Women
Series
Detective Elin Warner Series #2
ISBN
9780593552919

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Retreat as an audiobook?

The Retreat runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is The Retreat free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Retreat?

The Retreat is narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden.

Is The Retreat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.