But For The Grace: Audiobook
Book 2 of the DC Smith Investigation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the But For The Grace audiobook runs 9.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Gildart Jackson (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DC Smith Investigation
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.9 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
6,098 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
But For The Grace is book 2 of Peter Grainger's DC Smith Investigation series: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, released October 11, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gildart Jackson
- Released
- October 11, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- DC Smith Investigation #2
- ISBN
- 9781515980858
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the But For The Grace audiobook?
But For The Grace runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is the But For The Grace audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates But For The Grace?
But For The Grace is narrated by Gildart Jackson.