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Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories by Andrea Camilleri

Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories: Audiobook

Part of The Inspector Montalbano Mysteries

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories audiobook runs 17.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.4listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

357 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2018 recording read by Mark Meadows runs 0.8 hours longer (18.1 hours).

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

Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories is an audiobook by Andrea Camilleri: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released February 23, 2016, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.4 hrs
Narrated by
Grover Gardner
Released
February 23, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense, Short Stories
Series
The Inspector Montalbano Mysteries
ISBN
9781504693097

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories audiobook?

Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.

Is the Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories?

Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories is narrated by Grover Gardner.

Is Montalbano’s First Case, and Other Stories worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.