Playing It Safe: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Electra McDonnell series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Playing It Safe audiobook runs 8.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Alison Larkin (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Electra McDonnell
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 17.7 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 43.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Peculiar Combination | 9.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Key to Deceit | 8.1 hrs |
| 3 | Playing It Safe | 8.1 hrs |
| 4 | Locked in Pursuit | 8.3 hrs |
| 5 | One Final Turn | 9.2 hrs |
More narrated by Alison Larkin
Alison Larkin narrates 151 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,593 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,359 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
- The People vs. Alex Cross
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
Playing It Safe is book 3 of Ashley Weaver's Electra McDonnell series: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Alison Larkin, released May 9, 2023, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alison Larkin
- Released
- May 9, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Electra McDonnell #3
- ISBN
- 9781666633504
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Playing It Safe audiobook?
Playing It Safe runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is the Playing It Safe audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Playing It Safe?
Playing It Safe is narrated by Alison Larkin.