A Test of Wills: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Test of Wills runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samuel Gillies (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 58.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Test of Wills | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | Wings of Fire | 11.2 hrs |
| 3 | Search the Dark | 11.7 hrs |
| 4 | Legacy of the Dead | 11.3 hrs |
| 5 | Watchers of Time | 13.9 hrs |
More narrated by Samuel Gillies
Samuel Gillies narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 86 hours in all.
- Search the Dark
- Legacy of the Dead
- Wings of Fire
- Watchers of Time
- A Long Shadow
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,698 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Test of Wills is book 1 of Charles Todd's Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel Gillies, released September 28, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samuel Gillies
- Released
- September 28, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781470333492
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Test of Wills as an audiobook?
A Test of Wills runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is A Test of Wills free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Test of Wills?
A Test of Wills is narrated by Samuel Gillies.
Is A Test of Wills worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.