Blue Lightning: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Shetland Island Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blue Lightning audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Gordon Griffin (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gordon Griffin
Gordon Griffin narrates 76 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 859 hours in all.
- Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries
- White Nights
- The Gift of Rain
- Darkest Hour: A Jack Tanner Adventure
- Saigon: An Epic Novel of Vietnam
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,705 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Blue Lightning is book 4 of Ann Cleeves's Shetland Island Mysteries series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Gordon Griffin, released March 10, 2015, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gordon Griffin
- Released
- March 10, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Shetland Island Mysteries #4
- ISBN
- 9781427266491
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blue Lightning audiobook?
Blue Lightning runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the Blue Lightning audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Blue Lightning?
Blue Lightning is narrated by Gordon Griffin.
Is Blue Lightning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.