Friend of the Devil: Audiobook
Book 17 of the Inspector Banks Novels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Friend of the Devil audiobook runs 13.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
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
1,577 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
Friend of the Devil is book 17 of Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks Novels series: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released February 26, 2008, on the Police & Detective and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Prebble
- Released
- February 26, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Literary Fiction
- Series
- Inspector Banks Novels #17
- ISBN
- 9780061579592
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Friend of the Devil audiobook?
Friend of the Devil runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Friend of the Devil audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Friend of the Devil?
Friend of the Devil is narrated by Simon Prebble.
Is Friend of the Devil worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.