The Pain Game: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sam Laska Crime Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pain Game runs 5.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christopher Grove (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.1 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sam Laska Crime Thriller
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 11.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Pain Game | 5.1 hrs |
| 2 | Where the Road Leads | 6.1 hrs |
More narrated by Christopher Grove
Christopher Grove narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,595 hours in all.
- Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
- The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame
- A History of the United States in Five Crashes: Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation
- Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean
- The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,152 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 Pain Game is book 1 of Richard Rybicki's Sam Laska Crime Thriller series: a 5.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Grove, released July 15, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Grove
- Released
- July 15, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Sam Laska Crime Thriller #1
- ISBN
- 9798349105012
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Pain Game as an audiobook?
The Pain Game runs 5.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.
Is The Pain Game free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Pain Game?
The Pain Game is narrated by Christopher Grove.