The Fig Eater: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fig Eater runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Patricia Kilgarriff (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.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,947 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 Fig Eater is an audiobook by Jody Shields: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Patricia Kilgarriff, released November 1, 2005, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patricia Kilgarriff
- Released
- November 1, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- ISBN
- 9781594834714
How to listen to The Fig Eater free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fig Eater as an audiobook?
The Fig Eater runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Fig Eater free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fig Eater?
The Fig Eater is narrated by Patricia Kilgarriff.
Is The Fig Eater worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.