A Shilling for Candles: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Inspector Alan Grant series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Shilling for Candles runs 7.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Alan Grant
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.7 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 16.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Man in the Queue | 8.7 hrs |
| 2 | A Shilling for Candles | 7.8 hrs |
More narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon
Jennifer M. Dixon narrates 125 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,441 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,963 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 Shilling for Candles is book 2 of Josephine Tey's Inspector Alan Grant series: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jennifer M. Dixon, released May 22, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jennifer M. Dixon
- Released
- May 22, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Alan Grant #2
- ISBN
- 9781977377791
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Shilling for Candles as an audiobook?
A Shilling for Candles runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is A Shilling for Candles free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Shilling for Candles?
A Shilling for Candles is narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon.