A Case of Spirits: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Sergeant Cribb Investigation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Case of Spirits runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Thorpe (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sergeant Cribb Investigation
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 35.2 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 56.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wobble to Death | 6.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Detective Wore Silk Drawers | 7 hrs |
| 3 | Abracadaver | 7.9 hrs |
| 4 | Mad Hatter's Holiday | 7 hrs |
| 5 | The Tick of Death | 6.5 hrs |
| 6 | A Case of Spirits | 7 hrs |
| 7 | Swing, Swing Together | 7.3 hrs |
| 8 | Waxwork | 6.7 hrs |
More narrated by David Thorpe
David Thorpe narrates 356 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,606 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,621 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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
A Case of Spirits is book 6 of Peter Lovesey's Sergeant Cribb Investigation series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by David Thorpe, released April 13, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Thorpe
- Released
- April 13, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Sergeant Cribb Investigation #6
- ISBN
- 9781705011515
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Case of Spirits as an audiobook?
A Case of Spirits runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is A Case of Spirits free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Case of Spirits?
A Case of Spirits is narrated by David Thorpe.