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Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson

Started Early, Took My Dog: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Jackson Brodie series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Started Early, Took My Dog audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Graeme Malcolm (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Started Early, Took My Dog at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Graeme Malcolm

Graeme Malcolm narrates 42 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 330 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

843 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Started Early, Took My Dog is book 4 of Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Graeme Malcolm, released March 21, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.5 hrs
Narrated by
Graeme Malcolm
Released
March 21, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Jackson Brodie #4
ISBN
9781607886792

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Started Early, Took My Dog audiobook?

Started Early, Took My Dog runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the Started Early, Took My Dog audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Started Early, Took My Dog?

Started Early, Took My Dog is narrated by Graeme Malcolm.

Is Started Early, Took My Dog worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.