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The Woman Before Me by Ruth Dugdall

The Woman Before Me: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Cate Austin series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Woman Before Me runs 9.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jane Fox and Kate Okello (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.6listening hrs
Psychologicalstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.6 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Cate Austin

This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 52 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Woman Before Me9.6 hrs
2The Sacrificial Man9.3 hrs
3Boy B11.3 hrs
4Nowhere Girl9.7 hrs
5The Mother Missing12.1 hrs

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 Woman Before Me is book 1 of Ruth Dugdall's Cate Austin series: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Jane Fox and Kate Okello, released May 21, 2026, on the Psychological shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.6 hrs
Narrated by
Jane Fox, Kate Okello
Released
May 21, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological
Series
Cate Austin #1
ISBN
9780008803759

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Woman Before Me as an audiobook?

The Woman Before Me runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is The Woman Before Me free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Woman Before Me?

The Woman Before Me is narrated by Jane Fox and Kate Okello.