The Unbidden Truth: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Barbara Holloway Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Unbidden Truth runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anna Fields (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Barbara Holloway Mysteries
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 88.6 hours before it; books 1 to 14 run 167.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos | 15.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel | 11.1 hrs |
| 3 | Malice Prepense | 15.8 hrs |
| 4 | Defense for the Devil | 13 hrs |
| 5 | No Defense | 11.9 hrs |
| 6 | Desperate Measures | 13.1 hrs |
| 7 | Clear and Convincing Proof | 8.3 hrs |
| 8 | The Unbidden Truth | 11.1 hrs |
| 9 | Sleight of Hand: A Barbara Holloway Mystery | 10.1 hrs |
| 10 | A Wrongful Death | 9.5 hrs |
| 11 | Cold Case | 10 hrs |
| 12 | Heaven Is High: A Barbara Holloway Novel | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Anna Fields
Anna Fields narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,439 hours in all.
- Bel Canto
- Match Me If You Can
- A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
- Sweetwater Creek
- Natural Born Charmer
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,081 Police & Detective 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 Unbidden Truth is book 8 of Kate Wilhelm's Barbara Holloway Mysteries series: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Fields, released June 27, 2005, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anna Fields
- Released
- June 27, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Barbara Holloway Mysteries #8
- ISBN
- 9781481599849
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Unbidden Truth as an audiobook?
The Unbidden Truth runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is The Unbidden Truth free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Unbidden Truth?
The Unbidden Truth is narrated by Anna Fields.
Is The Unbidden Truth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.