The Long-Legged Fly: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Lew Griffin Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Long-Legged Fly runs 4.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by G. Valmont Thomas (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.3 hours, it is shorter than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Lew Griffin Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 32 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Long-Legged Fly | 4.3 hrs |
| 2 | Moth: A Lew Griffin Mystery | 6.1 hrs |
| 3 | Black Hornet: A Lew Griffin Mystery | 4.3 hrs |
| 4 | Eye of the Cricket: A Lew Griffin Mystery | 6.5 hrs |
| 5 | Bluebottle: A Lew Griffin Mystery | 4.2 hrs |
| 6 | Ghost of a Flea: A Lew Griffin Mystery | 6.6 hrs |
More narrated by G. Valmont Thomas
G. Valmont Thomas narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 148 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
533 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 Long-Legged Fly is book 1 of James Sallis's Lew Griffin Mysteries series: a 4.3-hour unabridged recording, read by G. Valmont Thomas, released October 6, 2008, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- G. Valmont Thomas
- Released
- October 6, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Lew Griffin Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781481545075
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Long-Legged Fly as an audiobook?
The Long-Legged Fly runs 4.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.
Is The Long-Legged Fly free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Long-Legged Fly?
The Long-Legged Fly is narrated by G. Valmont Thomas.