The Drowning Place: The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the bestselling author: Audiobook
Book 1 of the DS Joseph Ashe series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Drowning Place: The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the bestselling author runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Lawson (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 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 |
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 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,821 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 Drowning Place: The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the bestselling author is book 1 of Sarah Hilary's DS Joseph Ashe series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Lawson, released April 16, 2026, on the Police & Detective and Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Lawson
- Released
- April 16, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Paranormal
- Series
- DS Joseph Ashe #1
- ISBN
- 9781529974997
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Drowning Place: The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the bestselling author as an audiobook?
The Drowning Place: The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the bestselling author runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The Drowning Place: The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the bestselling author free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Drowning Place: The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the bestselling author?
The Drowning Place: The gripping and atmospheric new thriller from the bestselling author is narrated by Simon Lawson.