The Pale Criminal: Audiobook
Book 2 of the A Bernie Gunther Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pale Criminal runs 9.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Lee (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Bernie Gunther Novel
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.3 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 42.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | March Violets | 9.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Pale Criminal | 9.4 hrs |
| 3 | A German Requiem | 10.7 hrs |
| 4 | The One from the Other: A Bernie Gunther Novel | 12.9 hrs |
More narrated by John Lee
John Lee narrates 513 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,580 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,064 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 Pale Criminal is book 2 of Philip Kerr's A Bernie Gunther Novel series: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released May 6, 2008, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lee
- Released
- May 6, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- A Bernie Gunther Novel #2
- ISBN
- 9781415946398
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Pale Criminal as an audiobook?
The Pale Criminal runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is The Pale Criminal free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Pale Criminal?
The Pale Criminal is narrated by John Lee.