The Killer: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Victor the Assassin series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Killer runs 15.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rob Shapiro (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Victor the Assassin
This is book 1. Books 1 to 11 run 135.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Killer | 15.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Enemy | 15 hrs |
| 3 | The Game | 12 hrs |
| 4 | No Tomorrow | 12.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Darkest Day | 9.7 hrs |
| 6 | A Time to Die | 11.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Final Hour | 12 hrs |
| 8 | Kill for Me | 12.9 hrs |
| 9 | A Quiet Man | 11.3 hrs |
| 10 | Traitor | 12.1 hrs |
| 11 | Blood Debt | 11.5 hrs |
More narrated by Rob Shapiro
Rob Shapiro narrates 195 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,128 hours in all.
- The Darkest Night: Two Sisters, a Brutal Murder, and the Loss of Innocence in a Small Town
- Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
- Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks
- Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
683 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Great Alone
- Nine Perfect Strangers
- True Believer
- The Devil's Hand
- Only the Dead
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 Killer is book 1 of Tom Wood's Victor the Assassin series: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Rob Shapiro, released August 19, 2013, on the Suspense and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rob Shapiro
- Released
- August 19, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense, Fiction
- Series
- Victor the Assassin #1
- ISBN
- 9781452685663
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Killer as an audiobook?
The Killer runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.
Is The Killer free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Killer?
The Killer is narrated by Rob Shapiro.
Is The Killer worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.