An Accidental Death: Audiobook
Book 1 of the DC Smith Investigation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An Accidental Death runs 6.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gildart Jackson (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.9 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 |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DC Smith Investigation
This is book 1. 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
3,525 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
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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
An Accidental Death is book 1 of Peter Grainger's DC Smith Investigation series: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, released August 26, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gildart Jackson
- Released
- August 26, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- DC Smith Investigation #1
- ISBN
- 9781515980841
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is An Accidental Death as an audiobook?
An Accidental Death runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is An Accidental Death free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates An Accidental Death?
An Accidental Death is narrated by Gildart Jackson.