A Long Shadow: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Chief Inspector Shadow Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Long Shadow runs 6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Hannibal Hills (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 6 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Chief Inspector Shadow Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 53.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Long Shadow | 6 hrs |
| 2 | A Viking’s Shadow | 6.4 hrs |
| 3 | A Ghostly Shadow | 6.4 hrs |
| 4 | A Roman Shadow | 5.9 hrs |
| 5 | A Forgotten Shadow | 7 hrs |
| 6 | A Christmas Shadow | 6.8 hrs |
| 7 | A Stolen Shadow | 7 hrs |
| 8 | A Saxon Shadow | 7.7 hrs |
More narrated by Hannibal Hills
Hannibal Hills narrates 50 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 498 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,296 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
A Long Shadow is book 1 of H L Marsay's Chief Inspector Shadow Mystery series: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Hannibal Hills, released October 26, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Hannibal Hills
- Released
- October 26, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Chief Inspector Shadow Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781666151886
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Long Shadow as an audiobook?
A Long Shadow runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is A Long Shadow free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Long Shadow?
A Long Shadow is narrated by Hannibal Hills.