Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shetland Island Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries audiobook runs 11.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Gordon Griffin (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shetland Island Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 22.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries | 11.3 hrs |
| 2 | White Nights | 11.6 hrs |
More narrated by Gordon Griffin
Gordon Griffin narrates 76 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 859 hours in all.
- Blue Lightning
- 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
1,281 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
Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries is book 1 of Ann Cleeves's Shetland Island Mysteries series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Gordon Griffin, released November 18, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gordon Griffin
- Released
- November 18, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Shetland Island Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781427263346
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries audiobook?
Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is the Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries?
Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries is narrated by Gordon Griffin.
Is Raven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Mysteries worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.