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The Jewel That Was Ours by Colin Dexter

The Jewel That Was Ours: Audiobook

Book 9 of the Inspector Morse Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Jewel That Was Ours runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samuel West (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Jewel That Was Ours at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Samuel West

Samuel West narrates 83 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 897 hours in all.

All Samuel West audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,094 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 Frederick Davidson runs about the same length (8 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 Jewel That Was Ours is book 9 of Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse Mysteries series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel West, released December 14, 2017, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Samuel West
Released
December 14, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
Series
Inspector Morse Mysteries #9
ISBN
9781509865352

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Jewel That Was Ours as an audiobook?

The Jewel That Was Ours runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is The Jewel That Was Ours free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Jewel That Was Ours?

The Jewel That Was Ours is narrated by Samuel West.