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Killer's Payoff by Ed McBain

Killer's Payoff: Audiobook

Book 6 of the 87th Precinct series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Killer's Payoff audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Dick Hill (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Killer's Payoff at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on 87th Precinct

This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 31.1 hours before it; books 1 to 19 run 117.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Cop Hater6.5 hrs
2The Mugger6.1 hrs
3The Pusher6.6 hrs
4The Con Man6.2 hrs
5Killer's Choice5.8 hrs
6Killer's Payoff6.3 hrs
7Killer's Wedge5.7 hrs
8Lady Killer5.5 hrs
9'Til Death5.7 hrs
10King's Ransom6.7 hrs
11Give the Boys a Great Big Hand6 hrs
12The Heckler7.2 hrs

More narrated by Dick Hill

Dick Hill narrates 355 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,167 hours in all.

  • The Black EchoMichael Connelly · 13.3 hrs
  • Killing FloorLee Child · 17.8 hrs
  • The Black IceMichael Connelly · 11.2 hrs
  • The Concrete BlondeMichael Connelly · 14 hrs
  • The Last CoyoteMichael Connelly · 12.9 hrs

All Dick Hill audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,611 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

Killer's Payoff is book 6 of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released March 25, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.3 hrs
Narrated by
Dick Hill
Released
March 25, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
87th Precinct #6
ISBN
9781480593909

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Killer's Payoff audiobook?

Killer's Payoff runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is the Killer's Payoff audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Killer's Payoff?

Killer's Payoff is narrated by Dick Hill.