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The Lady in the Lake: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Lady in the Lake runs an estimated 7.1 hours (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.1est. listening hrs
4.1★14 ratings
Mysterygenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 7.1 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Lady in the Lake at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

What our data says

  • At 7.1 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 58% of the mystery audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 17% shorter than the average mystery audiobook (8.6 hrs across 582 titles in our dataset).

Computed from mystery audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for mystery listeners who want proper detective work: a weekend-size listen at 7.1 hours (estimated).

About the book

The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" ( Los Angeles Times ), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe , starring Liam Neeson. In The Lady in the Lake , hardboiled crime fiction master Raymond Chandler brings us the story of a couple of missing wives—one a rich man's and one a poor man's—who have become the objects of Philip Marlowe's investigation. One of them may have gotten a Mexican divorce and married a gigolo and the other may be dead. Marlowe's not sure he cares about either one, but he's not paid to care.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Lady in the Lake as an audiobook?

The Lady in the Lake runs about 7.1 hours, our estimate from its 239 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

Is The Lady in the Lake free as an audiobook?

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

When was The Lady in the Lake first published?

The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler was first published in 1943.