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Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 by James Runcie

Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Grantchester series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Joe Jameson (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,226 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

Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 is book 1 of James Runcie's Grantchester series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Jameson, released March 16, 2023, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Joe Jameson
Released
March 16, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Grantchester #1
ISBN
9781526666406

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 audiobook?

Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1?

Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 is narrated by Joe Jameson.

Is Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death: Grantchester Mysteries 1 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.