The Drowning: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Patrik Hedström series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Drowning runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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- The House in the Woods
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,925 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2012 recording read by Eamonn Riley runs 2.5 hours longer (15.5 hours).
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 Drowning is book 6 of Camilla Läckberg's Patrik Hedström series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released September 15, 2015, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- September 15, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Patrik Hedström Series #6
- ISBN
- 9781504634229
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Drowning as an audiobook?
The Drowning runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is The Drowning free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Drowning?
The Drowning is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Drowning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.