The Cost of a Hostage: Audiobook
Book 12 of the A Lane Winslow Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cost of a Hostage runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rill Askey (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Lane Winslow Mystery
This is book 12. Books 1 to 11 run 121.1 hours before it; books 1 to 13 run 145.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Killer in King's Cove | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | Death in a Darkening Mist | 9.7 hrs |
| 3 | An Old, Cold Grave | 8.9 hrs |
| 4 | It Begins in Betrayal | 9.5 hrs |
| 5 | A Sorrowful Sanctuary | 9.6 hrs |
| 6 | A Deceptive Devotion | 10.3 hrs |
| 7 | A Match Made for Murder | 10.4 hrs |
| 8 | A Lethal Lesson | 11.6 hrs |
| 9 | Framed in Fire | 13.1 hrs |
| 10 | To Track a Traitor | 13.4 hrs |
| 11 | Lightning Strikes the Silence | 13.4 hrs |
| 12 | The Cost of a Hostage | 12 hrs |
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,912 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
The Cost of a Hostage is book 12 of Iona Whishaw's A Lane Winslow Mystery series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Rill Askey, released May 13, 2025, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rill Askey
- Released
- May 13, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- A Lane Winslow Mystery #12
- ISBN
- 9781771514569
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cost of a Hostage as an audiobook?
The Cost of a Hostage runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Cost of a Hostage free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cost of a Hostage?
The Cost of a Hostage is narrated by Rill Askey.
Is The Cost of a Hostage worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.