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A Promise of Ankles by Alexander McCall Smith

A Promise of Ankles: Audiobook

Book 14 of the 44 Scotland Street series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Promise of Ankles runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 10 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on 44 Scotland Street

This is book 14. Books 1 to 13 run 147.7 hours before it; books 1 to 18 run 191 hours in all.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

3,089 Literary 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 Promise of Ankles is book 14 of Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Ian Mackenzie, released December 8, 2020, on the Literary Fiction and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Ian Mackenzie
Released
December 8, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Drama
Series
44 Scotland Street #14
ISBN
9781705010402

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Promise of Ankles as an audiobook?

A Promise of Ankles runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is A Promise of Ankles free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Promise of Ankles?

A Promise of Ankles is narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie.

Is A Promise of Ankles worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.6 hours, saving 3.3 hours.