Paying the Piper: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Fleetwood and Sheils series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Paying the Piper audiobook runs 11.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Mel Foster (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Fleetwood and Sheils
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 22 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paying the Piper | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | Saving Grace | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Mel Foster
Mel Foster narrates 158 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,838 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,685 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Judge's List
- That Affair Next Door
- Rules of Prey
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
Paying the Piper is book 1 of Simon Wood's Fleetwood and Sheils series: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Mel Foster, released November 13, 2012, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mel Foster
- Released
- November 13, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Fleetwood and Sheils #1
- ISBN
- 9781469211831
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Paying the Piper audiobook?
Paying the Piper runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is the Paying the Piper audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Paying the Piper?
Paying the Piper is narrated by Mel Foster.
Is Paying the Piper worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.