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Report for Murder by Val McDermid

Report for Murder: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Lindsay Gordon Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Report for Murder audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Caroline Guthrie (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Report for Murder at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Lindsay Gordon Mysteries

This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 44.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Report for Murder7.6 hrs
2Common Murder6.9 hrs
3Final Edition7.3 hrs
4Union Jack7 hrs
5Booked for Murder7.5 hrs
6Hostage to Murder8.7 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,697 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

Report for Murder is book 1 of Val McDermid's Lindsay Gordon Mysteries series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Caroline Guthrie, released March 23, 2018, on the Police & Detective and LGBTQ+ (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Caroline Guthrie
Released
March 23, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, LGBTQ+ (Fiction)
Series
Lindsay Gordon Mysteries #1
ISBN
9781501989735

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Report for Murder audiobook?

Report for Murder runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is the Report for Murder audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Report for Murder?

Report for Murder is narrated by Caroline Guthrie.