Don’t Point That Thing at Me: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Charlie Mortdecai Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Don’t Point That Thing at Me audiobook runs 6.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6.5 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Charlie Mortdecai Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 19.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don’t Point That Thing at Me | 6.5 hrs |
| 2 | Something Nasty in the Woodshed: A Charlie Mortdecai Mystery | 6 hrs |
| 3 | After You with the Pistol: A Charlie Mortdecai Mystery | 6.8 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Prebble
Simon Prebble narrates 258 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,739 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,920 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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
Don’t Point That Thing at Me is book 1 of Kyril Bonfiglioli's Charlie Mortdecai Mysteries series: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released January 1, 2006, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Prebble
- Released
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Fiction
- Series
- The Charlie Mortdecai Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781481549851
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Don’t Point That Thing at Me audiobook?
Don’t Point That Thing at Me runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is the Don’t Point That Thing at Me audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Don’t Point That Thing at Me?
Don’t Point That Thing at Me is narrated by Simon Prebble.