The Shape of Water: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Inspector Montalbano Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shape of Water runs 4.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 2.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.1 hours, it is shorter than 92% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Inspector Montalbano Mysteries
This is book 1. 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
382 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 Shape of Water is book 1 of Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano Mysteries series: a 4.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released January 1, 2006, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Inspector Montalbano Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781481542654
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shape of Water as an audiobook?
The Shape of Water runs 4.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.7 hours.
Is The Shape of Water free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shape of Water?
The Shape of Water is narrated by Grover Gardner.