The Draining Lake: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Inspector Erlendur series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Draining Lake runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Guidall (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Erlendur
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 25.1 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 94.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jar City | 7.6 hrs |
| 2 | Silence of the Grave | 8.4 hrs |
| 3 | Voices | 9.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Draining Lake | 9.9 hrs |
| 5 | Arctic Chill | 9.4 hrs |
| 6 | Hypothermia | 8.4 hrs |
| 7 | Outrage | 8 hrs |
| 8 | Black Skies | 8.9 hrs |
| 9 | Strange Shores | 8.6 hrs |
| 10 | Reykjavík Nights | 7.2 hrs |
| 11 | Into Oblivion | 8.7 hrs |
More narrated by George Guidall
George Guidall narrates 722 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,374 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,611 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 Draining Lake is book 4 of Arnaldur Indriđason's Inspector Erlendur series: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released August 23, 2013, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- George Guidall
- Released
- August 23, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Erlendur #4
- ISBN
- 9781470366551
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Draining Lake as an audiobook?
The Draining Lake runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Draining Lake free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Draining Lake?
The Draining Lake is narrated by George Guidall.