Close Encounters of the Police Kind: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Close Encounters of the Police Kind audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Finlay Robertson (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 20 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 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Finlay Robertson
Finlay Robertson narrates 90 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 883 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
2,077 Memoirs 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
Close Encounters of the Police Kind is an audiobook by Karen Bryans and Roy Teague: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Finlay Robertson, released October 28, 2026, on the Memoirs and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Finlay Robertson
- Released
- October 28, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781004256815
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Close Encounters of the Police Kind audiobook?
Close Encounters of the Police Kind runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Close Encounters of the Police Kind audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Close Encounters of the Police Kind?
Close Encounters of the Police Kind is narrated by Finlay Robertson.