The Riddle of the Third Mile: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Inspector Morse Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Riddle of the Third Mile runs 6.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samuel West (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 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 6.5 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Samuel West
Samuel West narrates 83 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 897 hours in all.
- The Fall of Gondolin
- The Planets
- Unfinished Tales
- Eye of the Needle
- Beren and Lúthien
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,907 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 Riddle of the Third Mile is book 6 of Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse Mysteries series: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel West, released October 12, 2017, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samuel West
- Released
- October 12, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Inspector Morse Mysteries #6
- ISBN
- 9781509865321
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Riddle of the Third Mile as an audiobook?
The Riddle of the Third Mile runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is The Riddle of the Third Mile free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Riddle of the Third Mile?
The Riddle of the Third Mile is narrated by Samuel West.