Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Berkrot (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 2,718 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Berkrot
Peter Berkrot narrates 390 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,854 hours in all.
About as long, on the True Crime shelf
573 True Crime audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation is an audiobook by Dean Jobb: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Berkrot, released May 19, 2015, on the True Crime shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Berkrot
- Released
- May 19, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- True Crime
- ISBN
- 9781622315772
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation audiobook?
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation audiobook free?
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Who narrates Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation?
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation is narrated by Peter Berkrot.