The Palace: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Simon Riske series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Palace runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Michael (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Simon Riske
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 24 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 36.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Take | 12 hrs |
| 2 | Crown Jewel | 12 hrs |
| 3 | The Palace | 12.7 hrs |
More narrated by Paul Michael
Paul Michael narrates 186 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,849 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
491 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Whistler
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- The Guardians
- The President Is Missing
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 Palace is book 3 of Christopher Reich's Simon Riske series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Michael, released August 4, 2020, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Michael
- Released
- August 4, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- Series
- Simon Riske #3
- ISBN
- 9781549149023
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Palace as an audiobook?
The Palace runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Palace free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Palace?
The Palace is narrated by Paul Michael.
Is The Palace worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.