Woman on the Bench: Audiobook
Book 19 of the Maria Wern series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Woman on the Bench audiobook runs 9.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Sofia Engstrand (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Maria Wern
This is book 19. Books 1 to 18 run 199.2 hours before it; books 1 to 22 run 243.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Speechless God | 8.8 hrs |
| 2 | All the Tranquil Dead | 11.3 hrs |
| 3 | May Death Sleep | 10.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Silver Crown | 10.8 hrs |
| 5 | Dreams from Snow | 11.9 hrs |
| 6 | Black Butterfly | 13.2 hrs |
| 7 | Strange Bird | 11.6 hrs |
| 8 | Boy Missing | 12.4 hrs |
| 9 | Not even the past | 11.9 hrs |
| 10 | Not Until the Giver is Dead | 11.9 hrs |
| 11 | Killer's Island | 12 hrs |
| 12 | The Eternal Flame of Alchemy | 11.2 hrs |
More narrated by Sofia Engstrand
Sofia Engstrand narrates 125 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,326 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,985 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
Woman on the Bench is book 19 of Anna Jansson's Maria Wern series: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Sofia Engstrand, released November 24, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sofia Engstrand
- Released
- November 24, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Maria Wern #19
- ISBN
- 9789180440165
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Woman on the Bench audiobook?
Woman on the Bench runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Woman on the Bench audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Woman on the Bench?
Woman on the Bench is narrated by Sofia Engstrand.