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Out Of Bounds by Val McDermid

Out Of Bounds: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Karen Pirie series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Out Of Bounds audiobook runs 13 hours unabridged, narrated by Cathleen McCarron (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13 hours of listening.

Days to finish Out Of Bounds at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Karen Pirie

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 38.5 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 64.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Distant Echo14 hrs
2A Darker Domain13 hrs
3The Skeleton Road11.5 hrs
4Out Of Bounds13 hrs
5Broken Ground12.9 hrs

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

7,673 Fiction 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

Out Of Bounds is book 4 of Val McDermid's Karen Pirie series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Cathleen McCarron, released August 25, 2016, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13 hrs
Narrated by
Cathleen McCarron
Released
August 25, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
Series
Karen Pirie #4
ISBN
9781510045729

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Out Of Bounds audiobook?

Out Of Bounds runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.

Is the Out Of Bounds audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Out Of Bounds?

Out Of Bounds is narrated by Cathleen McCarron.

Is Out Of Bounds worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.