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A Fearsome Doubt by Charles Todd

A Fearsome Doubt: Audiobook

Book 6 of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Fearsome Doubt runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samuel Gillies (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Fearsome Doubt at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries

This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 58.6 hours before it; books 1 to 9 run 107 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Test of Wills10.5 hrs
2Wings of Fire11.2 hrs
3Search the Dark11.7 hrs
4Legacy of the Dead11.3 hrs
5Watchers of Time13.9 hrs
6A Fearsome Doubt11.7 hrs
7A Cold Treachery12.2 hrs
8A Long Shadow11.4 hrs
9A False Mirror13.2 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

3,347 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 Fearsome Doubt is book 6 of Charles Todd's Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel Gillies, released August 22, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Samuel Gillies
Released
August 22, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries #6
ISBN
9781490634029

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Fearsome Doubt as an audiobook?

A Fearsome Doubt runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is A Fearsome Doubt free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Fearsome Doubt?

A Fearsome Doubt is narrated by Samuel Gillies.

Is A Fearsome Doubt worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.