The Blue Hammer: A Lew Archer Novel: Audiobook
Book 18 of the Lew Archer series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Blue Hammer: A Lew Archer Novel runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,550 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
The Blue Hammer: A Lew Archer Novel is book 18 of Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released June 22, 2005, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- June 22, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Lew Archer Series #18
- ISBN
- 9781481558396
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Blue Hammer: A Lew Archer Novel as an audiobook?
The Blue Hammer: A Lew Archer Novel runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The Blue Hammer: A Lew Archer Novel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Blue Hammer: A Lew Archer Novel?
The Blue Hammer: A Lew Archer Novel is narrated by Grover Gardner.