Swan Song: Audiobook
Book 4 of the A Gervase Fen Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Swan Song audiobook runs 6.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Panting (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.7 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Gervase Fen Mystery
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 25.1 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 61.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Case of the Gilded Fly: A Gervase Fen Mystery | 8.4 hrs |
| 2 | Holy Disorders | 8.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Moving Toyshop | 7.8 hrs |
| 4 | Swan Song | 6.7 hrs |
| 5 | Love Lies Bleeding | 8.1 hrs |
| 6 | Buried for Pleasure | 6.6 hrs |
| 7 | Frequent Hearses | 7.9 hrs |
| 8 | The Long Divorce | 7.5 hrs |
More narrated by Paul Panting
Paul Panting narrates 111 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 599 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,217 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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
Swan Song is book 4 of Edmund Crispin's A Gervase Fen Mystery series: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Panting, released September 5, 2019, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Panting
- Released
- September 5, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- A Gervase Fen Mystery #4
- ISBN
- 9780008228057
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Swan Song audiobook?
Swan Song runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is the Swan Song audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Swan Song?
Swan Song is narrated by Paul Panting.