Ruthless: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Scott & Bailey series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ruthless audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Julia Barrie (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 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 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Scott & Bailey
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 19 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 28.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead To Me: Scott & Bailey series 1 | 10.8 hrs |
| 2 | Bleed Like Me: Scott & Bailey series 2 | 8.2 hrs |
| 3 | Ruthless | 9.2 hrs |
More narrated by Julia Barrie
Julia Barrie narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 779 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,131 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
Ruthless is book 3 of Cath Staincliffe's Scott & Bailey series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Barrie, released October 9, 2014, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julia Barrie
- Released
- October 9, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- Scott & Bailey #3
- ISBN
- 9781473525580
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Ruthless audiobook?
Ruthless runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is the Ruthless audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Ruthless?
Ruthless is narrated by Julia Barrie.