A Long Shadow: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Long Shadow runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samuel Gillies (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 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 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 82.4 hours before it; books 1 to 9 run 107 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Test of Wills | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | Wings of Fire | 11.2 hrs |
| 3 | Search the Dark | 11.7 hrs |
| 4 | Legacy of the Dead | 11.3 hrs |
| 5 | Watchers of Time | 13.9 hrs |
| 6 | A Fearsome Doubt | 11.7 hrs |
| 7 | A Cold Treachery | 12.2 hrs |
| 8 | A Long Shadow | 11.4 hrs |
| 9 | A False Mirror | 13.2 hrs |
More narrated by Samuel Gillies
Samuel Gillies narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 170 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,624 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 8 of Charles Todd's Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel Gillies, released October 17, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samuel Gillies
- Released
- October 17, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries #8
- ISBN
- 9781490634043
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Long Shadow as an audiobook?
A Long Shadow runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 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 Samuel Gillies.
Is A Long Shadow worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.