Songbird: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Kings Lake Investigation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Songbird audiobook runs 16 hours unabridged, narrated by Gildart Jackson (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Kings Lake Investigation
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 54.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Songbird | 16 hrs |
| 2 | On Eden Street | 10.1 hrs |
| 3 | Roxanne | 10.2 hrs |
| 4 | Missing Pieces | 9.6 hrs |
| 5 | Another Girl | 8.6 hrs |
More narrated by Gildart Jackson
Gildart Jackson narrates 312 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,867 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
581 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
Songbird is book 1 of Peter Grainger's Kings Lake Investigation series: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, released September 18, 2019, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gildart Jackson
- Released
- September 18, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Kings Lake Investigation #1
- ISBN
- 9781630155421
How to listen to Songbird free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Songbird audiobook?
Songbird runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.
Is the Songbird audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Songbird?
Songbird is narrated by Gildart Jackson.
Is Songbird worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.