Shallow Ground: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Detective Ford series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shallow Ground audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Steve West (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 76% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Ford
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 30 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shallow Ground | 10.3 hrs |
| 2 | Land Rites | 9.9 hrs |
| 3 | Plain Dead | 9.7 hrs |
More narrated by Steve West
Steve West narrates 248 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,042 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,048 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
Shallow Ground is book 1 of Andy Maslen's Detective Ford series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Steve West, released November 10, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steve West
- Released
- November 10, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Ford #1
- ISBN
- 9781713530497
How to listen to Shallow Ground free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Shallow Ground audiobook?
Shallow Ground runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the Shallow Ground audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Shallow Ground?
Shallow Ground is narrated by Steve West.
Is Shallow Ground worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.