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The Bone Jar by S W Kane

The Bone Jar: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Detective Lew Kirby series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bone Jar runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Bone Jar at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Detective Lew Kirby

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 19.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Bone Jar9 hrs
2The Drowning Place10.3 hrs

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 Bone Jar is book 1 of S W Kane's Detective Lew Kirby series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies, released July 1, 2020, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Matthew Lloyd Davies
Released
July 1, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Psychological
Series
Detective Lew Kirby #1
ISBN
9781799750420

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Bone Jar as an audiobook?

The Bone Jar runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Bone Jar free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Bone Jar?

The Bone Jar is narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies.