A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation: Audiobook
Book 8 of the DC Smith Investigation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gildart Jackson (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DC Smith Investigation
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 71 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 116.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Accidental Death | 6.9 hrs |
| 2 | But For The Grace | 9.3 hrs |
| 3 | Luck and Judgement | 12 hrs |
| 4 | Persons of Interest: A DC Smith Investigation | 10.5 hrs |
| 5 | In This Bright Future: A DC Smith Investigation | 9.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Rags of Time: A DC Smith Investigation | 9.5 hrs |
| 7 | Time and Tide | 13.5 hrs |
| 8 | A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation | 10.7 hrs |
| 9 | The Truth | 8.9 hrs |
| 10 | The Camera Man | 11.5 hrs |
| 11 | The Late Lord Thorpe | 14.7 hrs |
More narrated by Gildart Jackson
Gildart Jackson narrates 312 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,867 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,612 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 Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation is book 8 of Peter Grainger's DC Smith Investigation series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, released November 13, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gildart Jackson
- Released
- November 13, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- DC Smith Investigation #8
- ISBN
- 9781977334039
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation as an audiobook?
A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation?
A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation is narrated by Gildart Jackson.
Is A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.