Blood at the Bookies: Audiobook
Book 9 of the Fethering series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blood at the Bookies audiobook runs 7.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Brett (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Fethering
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 64.7 hours before it; books 1 to 18 run 137.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Body on the Beach | 7.5 hrs |
| 2 | Death on the Downs | 8.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Torso in the Town | 8.2 hrs |
| 4 | Murder in the Museum | 8.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Hanging in the Hotel | 8.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Witness at the Wedding | 7.9 hrs |
| 7 | The Stabbing in the Stables | 7.8 hrs |
| 8 | Death Under the Dryer | 8.1 hrs |
| 9 | Blood at the Bookies | 7.5 hrs |
| 10 | The Poisoning in the Pub | 8.1 hrs |
| 11 | The Shooting in the Shop | 8.4 hrs |
| 12 | Bones Under the Beach Hut | 7.4 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Brett
Simon Brett narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 275 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,514 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
Blood at the Bookies is book 9 of Simon Brett's Fethering series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Brett, released December 31, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Brett
- Released
- December 31, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Fethering #9
- ISBN
- 9781445082035
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blood at the Bookies audiobook?
Blood at the Bookies runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is the Blood at the Bookies audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Blood at the Bookies?
Blood at the Bookies is narrated by Simon Brett.