Pains and Penalties: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Geeks and Things Cozy Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Pains and Penalties audiobook runs 2.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Barbara Nevins Taylor (about 1.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 2.6 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.6 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Geeks and Things Cozy Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 11 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pains and Penalties | 2.6 hrs |
| 2 | Forgive and Forget: A Small Town Amateur Sleuth Mystery | 2.1 hrs |
| 3 | Debts and Debtors: (A Nerdy Amateur Sleuth Mystery) | 2.3 hrs |
| 4 | Have and Hold: A Woman Sleuth Mystery | 2 hrs |
| 5 | Saints and Sinners: A Shop Owner Detective Mystery | 1.9 hrs |
More narrated by Barbara Nevins Taylor
Barbara Nevins Taylor narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 34 hours in all.
- Self-Reliant Gardening: A Guide to Well-Being with Homegrown Foods on a Budget
- The Charm
- Urban Gardening: How To Grow Food In Any City Apartment Or Yard No Matter How Small (Gardening Guidebooks)
- Forgive and Forget: A Small Town Amateur Sleuth Mystery
- S.E. Biglow's Cozy Mystery Starter Pack: A First-In-Series Collection
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
180 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
Pains and Penalties is book 1 of S.E. Biglow's Geeks and Things Cozy Mysteries series: a 2.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Barbara Nevins Taylor, released December 1, 2018, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barbara Nevins Taylor
- Released
- December 1, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Geeks and Things Cozy Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9798368988382
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Pains and Penalties audiobook?
Pains and Penalties runs 2.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.7 hours.
Is the Pains and Penalties audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Pains and Penalties?
Pains and Penalties is narrated by Barbara Nevins Taylor.