Raven Black: The First Novel to Feature Detective Jimmy Perez in Ann Cleeves' Bestselling Shetland Series: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shetland series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Raven Black: The First Novel to Feature Detective Jimmy Perez in Ann Cleeves' Bestselling Shetland Series audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Kenny Blyth (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 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 |
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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shetland
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21 hours in all.
More narrated by Kenny Blyth
Kenny Blyth narrates 28 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 267 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,187 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
Raven Black: The First Novel to Feature Detective Jimmy Perez in Ann Cleeves' Bestselling Shetland Series is book 1 of Ann Cleeves's Shetland series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Kenny Blyth, released July 1, 2023, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kenny Blyth
- Released
- July 1, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Shetland #1
- ISBN
- 9781035012671
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Raven Black: The First Novel to Feature Detective Jimmy Perez in Ann Cleeves' Bestselling Shetland Series audiobook?
Raven Black: The First Novel to Feature Detective Jimmy Perez in Ann Cleeves' Bestselling Shetland Series runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the Raven Black: The First Novel to Feature Detective Jimmy Perez in Ann Cleeves' Bestselling Shetland Series audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Raven Black: The First Novel to Feature Detective Jimmy Perez in Ann Cleeves' Bestselling Shetland Series?
Raven Black: The First Novel to Feature Detective Jimmy Perez in Ann Cleeves' Bestselling Shetland Series is narrated by Kenny Blyth.
Is Raven Black: The First Novel to Feature Detective Jimmy Perez in Ann Cleeves' Bestselling Shetland Series worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.