The Saddlemaker's Wife: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ruby McGavin series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Saddlemaker's Wife runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Forbes (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ruby McGavin
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 23.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Saddlemaker's Wife | 12.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Road to Cardinal Valley | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Forbes
Kate Forbes narrates 210 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,016 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,358 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
- Finders Keepers
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 Saddlemaker's Wife is book 1 of Earlene Fowler's Ruby McGavin series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Forbes, released March 28, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Forbes
- Released
- March 28, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Ruby McGavin #1
- ISBN
- 9781490627014
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Saddlemaker's Wife as an audiobook?
The Saddlemaker's Wife runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Saddlemaker's Wife free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Saddlemaker's Wife?
The Saddlemaker's Wife is narrated by Kate Forbes.
Is The Saddlemaker's Wife worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.