Tears of the Giraffe: Audiobook
Book 2 of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tears of the Giraffe audiobook runs 7.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Lisette Lecat (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.2 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 90.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | 8.2 hrs |
| 2 | Tears of the Giraffe | 7.8 hrs |
| 3 | Morality for Beautiful Girls | 8.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Kalahari Typing School for Men | 7.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Full Cupboard of Life | 7.7 hrs |
| 6 | In the Company of Cheerful Ladies | 9.5 hrs |
| 7 | Blue Shoes and Happiness | 8.3 hrs |
| 8 | The Good Husband of Zebra Drive | 8.4 hrs |
| 9 | The Miracle at Speedy Motors | 8.6 hrs |
| 10 | Tea Time for the Traditionally Built | 8.4 hrs |
| 11 | The Double Comfort Safari Club | 8.3 hrs |
More narrated by Lisette Lecat
Lisette Lecat narrates 32 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 300 hours in all.
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Purple Hibiscus
- Morality for Beautiful Girls
- Blue Shoes and Happiness
- Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,010 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
Tears of the Giraffe is book 2 of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Lisette Lecat, released November 21, 2003, on the Police & Detective and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lisette Lecat
- Released
- November 21, 2003
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Contemporary Women
- Series
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2
- ISBN
- 9781436100984
How to listen to Tears of the Giraffe free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Tears of the Giraffe audiobook?
Tears of the Giraffe runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is the Tears of the Giraffe audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Tears of the Giraffe?
Tears of the Giraffe is narrated by Lisette Lecat.