Child's Play: Audiobook
Book 9 of the Dalziel and Pascoe series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Child's Play audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Shaun Grindell (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Dalziel and Pascoe
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 74.8 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 106.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Cure for All Diseases: Dalziel and Pascoe, Book 23 | 15.9 hrs |
| 2 | An Advancement of Learning | 8 hrs |
| 3 | Ruling Passion | 8.7 hrs |
| 4 | An April Shroud | 7.6 hrs |
| 5 | A Pinch of Snuff | 8.3 hrs |
| 6 | A Killing Kindness | 8.6 hrs |
| 7 | Deadheads | 9 hrs |
| 8 | Exit Lines | 8.8 hrs |
| 9 | Child's Play | 10.4 hrs |
| 10 | Underworld | 9.4 hrs |
| 11 | Bones and Silence | 12.2 hrs |
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Shaun Grindell narrates 294 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,933 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,889 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
Child's Play is book 9 of Reginald Hill's Dalziel and Pascoe series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Shaun Grindell, released February 11, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shaun Grindell
- Released
- February 11, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Dalziel and Pascoe #9
- ISBN
- 9781696614955
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Child's Play audiobook?
Child's Play runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the Child's Play audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Child's Play?
Child's Play is narrated by Shaun Grindell.
Is Child's Play worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.