The Devil to Pay: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Nightingale & Courtney series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Devil to Pay runs 13.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rory Barnett (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Nightingale & Courtney
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 41.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leeward | 14.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Devil to Pay | 13.4 hrs |
| 3 | A Merciful Sea | 13.8 hrs |
More narrated by Rory Barnett
Rory Barnett narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 468 hours in all.
- Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones
- ZC One: Zombie Castle Series Book 1
- ZC Two: Zombie Castle Series Book 2
- Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin from Omniscia
- ZC Three: Zombie Castle Series Book 3
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,278 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- Circe
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- The Invention of Wings
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 Devil to Pay is book 2 of Katie Daysh's Nightingale & Courtney series: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Barnett, released October 14, 2026, on the LGBTQ+ (Romance) and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rory Barnett
- Released
- October 14, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- LGBTQ+ (Romance), Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Nightingale & Courtney #2
- ISBN
- 9781004225187
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Devil to Pay as an audiobook?
The Devil to Pay runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.
Is The Devil to Pay free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Devil to Pay?
The Devil to Pay is narrated by Rory Barnett.
Is The Devil to Pay worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.