The Killing in the Café: Audiobook
Book 17 of the Fethering series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Killing in the Café runs 6.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Brett (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 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 6.7 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Fethering
This is book 17. Books 1 to 16 run 124.2 hours before it; books 1 to 18 run 137.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Body on the Beach | 7.5 hrs |
| 2 | Death on the Downs | 8.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Torso in the Town | 8.2 hrs |
| 4 | Murder in the Museum | 8.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Hanging in the Hotel | 8.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Witness at the Wedding | 7.9 hrs |
| 7 | The Stabbing in the Stables | 7.8 hrs |
| 8 | Death Under the Dryer | 8.1 hrs |
| 9 | Blood at the Bookies | 7.5 hrs |
| 10 | The Poisoning in the Pub | 8.1 hrs |
| 11 | The Shooting in the Shop | 8.4 hrs |
| 12 | Bones Under the Beach Hut | 7.4 hrs |
More narrated by Simon Brett
Simon Brett narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 275 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,190 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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 Killing in the Café is book 17 of Simon Brett's Fethering series: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Brett, released November 1, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Brett
- Released
- November 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Fethering #17
- ISBN
- 9781445060200
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Killing in the Café as an audiobook?
The Killing in the Café runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is The Killing in the Café free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Killing in the Café?
The Killing in the Café is narrated by Simon Brett.