The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
A Climate of Fear by Fred Vargas

A Climate of Fear: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Climate of Fear runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chris MacDonnell (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Climate of Fear at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

669 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

A Climate of Fear is an audiobook by Fred Vargas: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris MacDonnell, released March 7, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.5 hrs
Narrated by
Chris MacDonnell
Released
March 7, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
ISBN
9781681685922

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Climate of Fear as an audiobook?

A Climate of Fear runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.

Is A Climate of Fear free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Climate of Fear?

A Climate of Fear is narrated by Chris MacDonnell.

Is A Climate of Fear worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.