Pearl - A BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller about family loyalty, crime and survival: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Armstrong Empire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Pearl - A BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller about family loyalty, crime and survival audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Noakes (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 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 |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Emma Noakes
Emma Noakes narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 215 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
3,166 Suspense 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
Pearl - A BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller about family loyalty, crime and survival is book 1 of Gillian Godden's Armstrong Empire series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Noakes, released July 4, 2026, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emma Noakes
- Released
- July 4, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- The Armstrong Empire #1
- ISBN
- 9781835614969
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Pearl - A BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller about family loyalty, crime and survival audiobook?
Pearl - A BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller about family loyalty, crime and survival runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the Pearl - A BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller about family loyalty, crime and survival audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Pearl - A BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller about family loyalty, crime and survival?
Pearl - A BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller about family loyalty, crime and survival is narrated by Emma Noakes.
Is Pearl - A BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller about family loyalty, crime and survival worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.