The Lines: Audiobook
Book 1 of the DS Liam Kilshaw series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lines runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samuel Roukin (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Samuel Roukin
Samuel Roukin narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 911 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,030 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 Lines is book 1 of Matt Brolly's DS Liam Kilshaw series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel Roukin, released October 15, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samuel Roukin
- Released
- October 15, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- DS Liam Kilshaw #1
- ISBN
- 9781511349239
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lines as an audiobook?
The Lines runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Lines free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lines?
The Lines is narrated by Samuel Roukin.