Skin Deep: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Simeon Grist Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Skin Deep audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Jim Meskimen (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Simeon Grist Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 68.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skin Deep | 10 hrs |
| 2 | The Four Last Things | 10 hrs |
| 3 | Everything but the Squeal | 10.9 hrs |
| 4 | Incinerator | 9.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Man with No Time | 9.5 hrs |
| 6 | The Bone Polisher | 8.5 hrs |
| 7 | Pulped | 10.3 hrs |
More narrated by Jim Meskimen
Jim Meskimen narrates 226 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,079 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,568 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
Skin Deep is book 1 of Timothy Hallinan's Simeon Grist Mysteries series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Meskimen, released April 7, 2015, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Meskimen
- Released
- April 7, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Simeon Grist Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781504607629
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Skin Deep audiobook?
Skin Deep runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the Skin Deep audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Skin Deep?
Skin Deep is narrated by Jim Meskimen.
Is Skin Deep worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.