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The Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and Mystery by Charlotte Barnes

The Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and Mystery: Audiobook

Book 2 of the DI Melanie Watton series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and Mystery runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Clarice (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and Mystery at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The DI Melanie Watton Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 25.9 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,898 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 Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and Mystery is book 2 of Charlotte Barnes's DI Melanie Watton series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Clarice, released September 29, 2026, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Clarice
Released
September 29, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The DI Melanie Watton Series #2
ISBN
9798337213910

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and Mystery as an audiobook?

The Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and Mystery runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is The Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and Mystery free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and Mystery?

The Watcher: A Gripping Crime Thriller Full of Suspense and Mystery is narrated by Clarice.