The Drowning Place: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Detective Lew Kirby series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Drowning Place runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Lew Kirby
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 19.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bone Jar | 9 hrs |
| 2 | The Drowning Place | 10.3 hrs |
More narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies
Matthew Lloyd Davies narrates 254 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,433 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,111 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 is book 2 of S W Kane's Detective Lew Kirby series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies, released October 18, 2023, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Released
- October 18, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Psychological
- Series
- Detective Lew Kirby #2
- ISBN
- 9798400132469
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Drowning Place as an audiobook?
The Drowning Place runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Drowning Place free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Drowning Place?
The Drowning Place is narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies.
Is The Drowning Place worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.