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The Piper on the Mountain by Ellis Peters

The Piper on the Mountain: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Inspector Felse Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Piper on the Mountain runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Piper on the Mountain at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

3,789 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 Piper on the Mountain is book 5 of Ellis Peters's Inspector Felse Mysteries series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released November 27, 2009, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Prebble
Released
November 27, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
Series
Inspector Felse Mysteries #5
ISBN
9781440788789

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Piper on the Mountain as an audiobook?

The Piper on the Mountain runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

Is The Piper on the Mountain free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Piper on the Mountain?

The Piper on the Mountain is narrated by Simon Prebble.