The Patience of the Spider: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Inspector Montalbano Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Patience of the Spider: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery runs 5.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.7 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Inspector Montalbano Mysteries
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 40.5 hours before it; books 1 to 13 run 74.5 hours in all.
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
1,859 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 Patience of the Spider: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery is book 8 of Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano Mysteries series: a 5.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released January 19, 2010, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- January 19, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Inspector Montalbano Mysteries #8
- ISBN
- 9781481553551
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Patience of the Spider: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery as an audiobook?
The Patience of the Spider: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery runs 5.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
Is The Patience of the Spider: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Patience of the Spider: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery?
The Patience of the Spider: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery is narrated by Grover Gardner.