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City of Promises by Ellen Thompson, Victoria Thompson

City of Promises: Audiobook

Book 8 of the Counterfeit Lady series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the City of Promises audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Kate Forbes (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish City of Promises at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Counterfeit Lady

This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 73.9 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 84.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1City of Lies11.2 hrs
2City of Secrets10.1 hrs
3City of Scoundrels10.6 hrs
4City of Schemes10.1 hrs
5City of Shadows10.4 hrs
6City of Fortune10.9 hrs
7City of Betrayal10.7 hrs
8City of Promises11 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,224 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

City of Promises is book 8 of Ellen Thompson's Counterfeit Lady series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Forbes, released October 26, 2026, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Kate Forbes
Released
October 26, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Counterfeit Lady #8
ISBN
9781705098059

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the City of Promises audiobook?

City of Promises runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the City of Promises audiobook free?

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

Who narrates City of Promises?

City of Promises is narrated by Kate Forbes.

Is City of Promises worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.