Payback: Audiobook
Book 1 of the DI Charley Mann Crime Thrillers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Payback audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Sarah Durham (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DI Charley Mann Crime Thrillers
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 27.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payback | 10 hrs |
| 2 | Condemned | 10.2 hrs |
| 3 | Persecution: An absolutely gripping crime thriller | 7.7 hrs |
More narrated by Sarah Durham
Sarah Durham narrates 41 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 407 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,505 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
Payback is book 1 of R.C. Bridgestock's DI Charley Mann Crime Thrillers series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Sarah Durham, released August 10, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sarah Durham
- Released
- August 10, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- DI Charley Mann Crime Thrillers #1
- ISBN
- 9781800326262
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Payback audiobook?
Payback runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the Payback audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Payback?
Payback is narrated by Sarah Durham.
Is Payback worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.