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A Slayground by Donald E. Westlake

A Slayground: Audiobook

Book 14 of the Parker Novels series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Slayground runs 5.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Barrett (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Slayground at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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

What our data says

  • At 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Parker Novels

This is book 14. Books 1 to 13 run 58.9 hours before it; books 1 to 20 run 105 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,410 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 Slayground is book 14 of Donald E. Westlake's Parker Novels series: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Barrett, released February 1, 2013, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.3 hrs
Narrated by
Joe Barrett
Released
February 1, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Fiction
Series
The Parker Novels #14
ISBN
9781620643501

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Slayground as an audiobook?

A Slayground runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is A Slayground free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Slayground?

A Slayground is narrated by Joe Barrett.