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The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny

The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel: Audiobook

Book 10 of the Chief Inspector Gamache Novel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ralph Cosham (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

This is book 10. Books 1 to 9 run 109.1 hours before it; books 1 to 21 run 271.2 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,808 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 Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel is book 10 of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache Novel series: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Ralph Cosham, released August 26, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Ralph Cosham
Released
August 26, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #10
ISBN
9781427244307

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel as an audiobook?

The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel?

The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel is narrated by Ralph Cosham.

Is The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.