A Close Run Thing: Audiobook
Book 15 of the John Pearce series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Close Run Thing runs 10.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Wickham (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Wickham
Peter Wickham narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 752 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
1,226 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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 Close Run Thing is book 15 of David Donachie's John Pearce series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Wickham, released October 1, 2018, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Wickham
- Released
- October 1, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- John Pearce #15
- ISBN
- 9781407976761
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Close Run Thing as an audiobook?
A Close Run Thing runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is A Close Run Thing free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Close Run Thing?
A Close Run Thing is narrated by Peter Wickham.
Is A Close Run Thing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.