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Widows by Ed McBain

Widows: Audiobook

Book 43 of the 87th Precinct series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Widows audiobook runs 11.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Dick Hill (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Widows at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Dick Hill

Dick Hill narrates 355 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,167 hours in all.

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  • The Black IceMichael Connelly · 11.2 hrs
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  • The Last CoyoteMichael Connelly · 12.9 hrs

All Dick Hill audiobooks, measured

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

Widows is book 43 of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released January 1, 2013, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.3 hrs
Narrated by
Dick Hill
Released
January 1, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
87th Precinct #43
ISBN
9781455873968

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Widows audiobook?

Widows runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.

Is the Widows audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Widows?

Widows is narrated by Dick Hill.

Is Widows worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.