The Department of Sensitive Crimes: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Detective Varg series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Department of Sensitive Crimes runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Rintoul (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 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 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Varg
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 29.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Department of Sensitive Crimes | 7.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Talented Mr. Varg | 7.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Man With the Silver Saab | 7.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf | 7 hrs |
More narrated by David Rintoul
David Rintoul narrates 148 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,904 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,064 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
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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 Department of Sensitive Crimes is book 1 of Alexander McCall Smith's Detective Varg series: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by David Rintoul, released April 16, 2019, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Rintoul
- Released
- April 16, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Varg #1
- ISBN
- 9781980031949
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Department of Sensitive Crimes as an audiobook?
The Department of Sensitive Crimes runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The Department of Sensitive Crimes free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Department of Sensitive Crimes?
The Department of Sensitive Crimes is narrated by David Rintoul.