The Sea Detective: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sea Detective series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sea Detective runs 10.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Monteath (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Sea Detective
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 39.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sea Detective | 10.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Woman Who Walked into the Sea | 10.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Malice of Waves | 9.4 hrs |
| 4 | The Driftwood Girls | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by David Monteath
David Monteath narrates 95 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,061 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
3,115 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
- The Maid
- That Affair Next Door
- The Family Upstairs
- The Girl Before
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 Sea Detective is book 1 of Mark Douglas-Home's Sea Detective series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by David Monteath, released November 5, 2015, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Monteath
- Released
- November 5, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- The Sea Detective #1
- ISBN
- 9781405924467
How to listen to The Sea Detective free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sea Detective as an audiobook?
The Sea Detective runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Sea Detective free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sea Detective?
The Sea Detective is narrated by David Monteath.
Is The Sea Detective worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.