The Wrong Hostage: Audiobook
Book 1 of the St. Kilda Consulting series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wrong Hostage runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Maria Tucci (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on St. Kilda Consulting
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 44.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wrong Hostage | 11.5 hrs |
| 2 | Innocent as Sin | 11 hrs |
| 3 | Blue Smoke and Murder | 11.3 hrs |
| 4 | Death Echo | 10.4 hrs |
More narrated by Maria Tucci
Maria Tucci narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 59 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,727 Literary Fiction 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 Wrong Hostage is book 1 of Elizabeth Lowell's St. Kilda Consulting series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Maria Tucci, released June 13, 2006, on the Mystery and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Maria Tucci
- Released
- June 13, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Literary Fiction
- Series
- St. Kilda Consulting #1
- ISBN
- 9780061135231
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Wrong Hostage as an audiobook?
The Wrong Hostage runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Wrong Hostage free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Wrong Hostage?
The Wrong Hostage is narrated by Maria Tucci.
Is The Wrong Hostage worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.