The Moving Target: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Lew Archer series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Moving Target runs 6.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Lew Archer Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 13.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Moving Target | 6.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Drowning Pool | 6.7 hrs |
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,410 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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 Moving Target is book 1 of Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer series: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released October 9, 2008, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- October 9, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Lew Archer Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781481561396
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Moving Target as an audiobook?
The Moving Target runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is The Moving Target free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Moving Target?
The Moving Target is narrated by Grover Gardner.