Why We Choose To Stay: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Portrait Cases series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why We Choose To Stay audiobook runs 6.9 hours unabridged, narrated by AI Voice Sharifa H (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Portrait Cases
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 29.3 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 36.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | When The Silence Return | 7.2 hrs |
| 2 | Where Only One Half Remains | 7.9 hrs |
| 3 | What Are Still Allowed | 6.5 hrs |
| 4 | How One Remains | 7.6 hrs |
| 5 | Why We Choose To Stay | 6.9 hrs |
More narrated by AI Voice Sharifa H
AI Voice Sharifa H narrates 23 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 155 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,507 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Why We Choose To Stay is book 5 of Ben Mashud's Portrait Cases series: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by AI Voice Sharifa H, released September 24, 2026, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- AI Voice Sharifa H
- Released
- September 24, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Psychological, Paranormal
- Series
- The Portrait Cases #5
- ISBN
- 9798182652117
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Why We Choose To Stay audiobook?
Why We Choose To Stay runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is the Why We Choose To Stay audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Why We Choose To Stay?
Why We Choose To Stay is narrated by AI Voice Sharifa H.