A Beautiful Lie: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Playing with Fire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Beautiful Lie runs 13.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Abby Craden (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13.1 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Playing with Fire
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 35.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Beautiful Lie | 13.1 hrs |
| 2 | Because of You | 9 hrs |
| 3 | Worn Me Down | 6 hrs |
| 4 | Closer to the Edge | 7.1 hrs |
More narrated by Abby Craden
Abby Craden narrates 444 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,961 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,472 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Whistler
- The Terminal List
- Rules of Prey
- Savage Son
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
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
A Beautiful Lie is book 1 of T. E. Sivec's Playing with Fire series: a 13.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Abby Craden, released February 4, 2014, on the Suspense and Romance shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Abby Craden
- Released
- February 4, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense, Romance, Fiction
- Series
- Playing with Fire #1
- ISBN
- 9781452687902
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Beautiful Lie as an audiobook?
A Beautiful Lie runs 13.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is A Beautiful Lie free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Beautiful Lie?
A Beautiful Lie is narrated by Abby Craden.
Is A Beautiful Lie worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.4 hours.