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To Pay the Ferryman by Pat Black

To Pay the Ferryman: Audiobook

Book 1 of the DI Lomond series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the To Pay the Ferryman audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by David Monteath (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.4listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish To Pay the Ferryman at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on DI Lomond

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1To Pay the Ferryman12.4 hrs
2Jack-in-the-Box9.4 hrs

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

1,869 Suspense 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

To Pay the Ferryman is book 1 of Pat Black's DI Lomond series: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by David Monteath, released February 6, 2025, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.4 hrs
Narrated by
David Monteath
Released
February 6, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
DI Lomond #1
ISBN
9781399178884

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the To Pay the Ferryman audiobook?

To Pay the Ferryman runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the To Pay the Ferryman audiobook free?

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

Who narrates To Pay the Ferryman?

To Pay the Ferryman is narrated by David Monteath.

Is To Pay the Ferryman worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.