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Witches' Bane by Susan Wittig Albert

Witches' Bane: Audiobook

Book 2 of the China Bayles Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Witches' Bane audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Julia Gibson (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Witches' Bane at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on China Bayles Mysteries

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.3 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 58.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Thyme of Death9.3 hrs
2Witches' Bane10.2 hrs
3Hangman's Root8.8 hrs
4Rosemary Remembered10 hrs
5Rueful Death9.9 hrs
6Love Lies Bleeding9.8 hrs

More narrated by Julia Gibson

Julia Gibson narrates 153 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,502 hours in all.

All Julia Gibson audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,249 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

Witches' Bane is book 2 of Susan Wittig Albert's China Bayles Mysteries series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Gibson, released May 16, 2023, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Julia Gibson
Released
May 16, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery, Fiction
Series
China Bayles Mysteries #2
ISBN
9781666637779

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Witches' Bane audiobook?

Witches' Bane runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is the Witches' Bane audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Witches' Bane?

Witches' Bane is narrated by Julia Gibson.

Is Witches' Bane worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.