The Clearing: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Laughton Rees series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Clearing runs 10.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shazia Nicholls and Hugh Ross (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Laughton Rees
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.2 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 32.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dark Objects | 11.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Clearing | 10.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Black Highway | 11 hrs |
More narrated by Shazia Nicholls
Shazia Nicholls narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 183 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,401 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
The Clearing is book 2 of Simon Toyne's Laughton Rees series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Shazia Nicholls and Hugh Ross, released July 11, 2023, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shazia Nicholls, Hugh Ross
- Released
- July 11, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Psychological
- Series
- Laughton Rees #2
- ISBN
- 9780063322042
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Clearing as an audiobook?
The Clearing runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Clearing free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Clearing?
The Clearing is narrated by Shazia Nicholls and Hugh Ross.
Is The Clearing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.