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The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery by P. D. James

The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery: Audiobook

Book 13 of the Adam Dalgliesh series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Charles Keating (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2005released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Charles Keating

Charles Keating narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 135 hours in all.

All Charles Keating audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,360 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 Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery is book 13 of P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Charles Keating, released November 22, 2005, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.5 hrs
Narrated by
Charles Keating
Released
November 22, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Adam Dalgliesh #13
ISBN
9780739323342

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery as an audiobook?

The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery?

The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery is narrated by Charles Keating.

Is The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.