The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
Mantis by Richard La Plante

Mantis: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Fogarty-Tanaka series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mantis audiobook runs 10.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Robin Sachs (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Mantis at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Robin Sachs

Robin Sachs narrates 47 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 594 hours in all.

All Robin Sachs audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,556 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

Mantis is book 1 of Richard La Plante's Fogarty-Tanaka series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Robin Sachs, released July 1, 2015, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.7 hrs
Narrated by
Robin Sachs
Released
July 1, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Fogarty-Tanaka Series #1
ISBN
9781504653916

How to listen to Mantis free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is the Mantis audiobook?

Mantis runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is the Mantis audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Mantis?

Mantis is narrated by Robin Sachs.

Is Mantis worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.