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Up Close by Danielle Girard

Up Close: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Badlands Thriller series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Up Close audiobook runs 12.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Whitney Dykhouse (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Up Close at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Badlands Thriller

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 22.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 34.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1White Out11.4 hrs
2Far Gone10.8 hrs
3Up Close12.1 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,832 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

Up Close is book 3 of Danielle Girard's Badlands Thriller series: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Whitney Dykhouse, released May 23, 2023, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Whitney Dykhouse
Released
May 23, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense
Series
Badlands Thriller #3
ISBN
9798368925516

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Up Close audiobook?

Up Close runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is the Up Close audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Up Close?

Up Close is narrated by Whitney Dykhouse.

Is Up Close worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.