The Return: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Return series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Return runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Natalie Simpson (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 2,718 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Return
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 19.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Return | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Return: Undermined: Book 2 | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Natalie Simpson
Natalie Simpson narrates 31 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 358 hours in all.
About as long, on the True Crime shelf
569 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
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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 Return is book 1 of Lone Theils's Return series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Natalie Simpson, released July 7, 2021, on the True Crime shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Natalie Simpson
- Released
- July 7, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- True Crime
- Series
- The Return #1
- ISBN
- 9789179675134
How to listen to The Return free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Return as an audiobook?
The Return runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The Return free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Return?
The Return is narrated by Natalie Simpson.