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Shoot the Dog by Brad Smith

Shoot the Dog: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Virgil Cain series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shoot the Dog audiobook runs 8 hours unabridged, narrated by Graham Winton (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shoot the Dog 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

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What our data says

  • At 8 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Virgil Cain

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 17.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 25.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Red Means Run8.8 hrs
2Crow's Landing8.4 hrs
3Shoot the Dog8 hrs

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

Shoot the Dog is book 3 of Brad Smith's Virgil Cain series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Graham Winton, released September 13, 2013, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8 hrs
Narrated by
Graham Winton
Released
September 13, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
Virgil Cain #3
ISBN
9781470367091

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shoot the Dog audiobook?

Shoot the Dog runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is the Shoot the Dog audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shoot the Dog?

Shoot the Dog is narrated by Graham Winton.