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Head Games by Craig McDonald

Head Games: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Hector Lassiter series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Head Games audiobook runs 7.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Stechschulte (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.2listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Head Games at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Hector Lassiter

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 41.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Head Games7.2 hrs
2Toros and Torsos11 hrs
3Print the Legend12.8 hrs
4One True Sentence10.6 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,017 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

Head Games is book 1 of Craig McDonald's Hector Lassiter series: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Stechschulte, released April 17, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.2 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Stechschulte
Released
April 17, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Hector Lassiter #1
ISBN
9781436183963

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Head Games audiobook?

Head Games runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.

Is the Head Games audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Head Games?

Head Games is narrated by Tom Stechschulte.