The Man With the Silver Saab: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Detective Varg series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Man With the Silver Saab runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Rintoul (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 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 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Varg
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 14.6 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 29.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Department of Sensitive Crimes | 7.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Talented Mr. Varg | 7.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Man With the Silver Saab | 7.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf | 7 hrs |
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,550 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Open Season
- The Beach House
- The 18th Abduction
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- The 6th Target
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 Man With the Silver Saab is book 3 of Alexander McCall Smith's Detective Varg series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by David Rintoul, released July 20, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Rintoul
- Released
- July 20, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Varg #3
- ISBN
- 9781705010419
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Man With the Silver Saab as an audiobook?
The Man With the Silver Saab runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is The Man With the Silver Saab free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Man With the Silver Saab?
The Man With the Silver Saab is narrated by David Rintoul.