Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Father Christmas series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery audiobook runs 14.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Steve West and Jean Gilpin (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.1 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Father Christmas
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 35.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery | 14.1 hrs |
| 2 | Eleven Pipers Piping: A Father Christmas Mystery | 17 hrs |
| 3 | Kissing Father Christmas | 4.4 hrs |
More narrated by Steve West
Steve West narrates 248 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,042 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,205 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
Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery is book 1 of C.C. Benison's Father Christmas series: a 14.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve West and Jean Gilpin, released October 25, 2011, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steve West, Jean Gilpin
- Released
- October 25, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- Father Christmas #1
- ISBN
- 9780307943798
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery audiobook?
Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery runs 14.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.
Is the Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery?
Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery is narrated by Steve West and Jean Gilpin.
Is Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.