The Butcher: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Fifth Republic series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Butcher runs 6.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ramona Master and Michael Ferraiuolo (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.4 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Fifth Republic
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 20.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Butcher | 6.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Carver | 6.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Saint | 6.9 hrs |
More narrated by Ramona Master
Ramona Master narrates 149 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,392 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery shelf
1,088 Mystery 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
The Butcher is book 1 of Penelope Sky's Fifth Republic series: a 6.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ramona Master and Michael Ferraiuolo, released August 18, 2025, on the Mystery shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ramona Master, Michael Ferraiuolo
- Released
- August 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery
- Series
- Fifth Republic #1
- ISBN
- 9781666694017
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Butcher as an audiobook?
The Butcher runs 6.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is The Butcher free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Butcher?
The Butcher is narrated by Ramona Master and Michael Ferraiuolo.