The Shape of Water: The First Thrilling Mystery in the Darkly Funny Sicilian Crime Series: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Inspector Montalbano Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shape of Water: The First Thrilling Mystery in the Darkly Funny Sicilian Crime Series runs 4.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Meadows (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.9 hours, it is shorter than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Montalbano Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 13.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Shape of Water: The First Thrilling Mystery in the Darkly Funny Sicilian Crime Series | 4.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Terracotta Dog | 8.5 hrs |
More narrated by Mark Meadows
Mark Meadows narrates 236 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,168 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
982 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: The First Thrilling Mystery in the Darkly Funny Sicilian Crime Series is book 1 of Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano Mysteries series: a 4.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Meadows, released August 10, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Meadows
- Released
- August 10, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Montalbano Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781509856312
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shape of Water: The First Thrilling Mystery in the Darkly Funny Sicilian Crime Series as an audiobook?
The Shape of Water: The First Thrilling Mystery in the Darkly Funny Sicilian Crime Series runs 4.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is The Shape of Water: The First Thrilling Mystery in the Darkly Funny Sicilian Crime Series free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shape of Water: The First Thrilling Mystery in the Darkly Funny Sicilian Crime Series?
The Shape of Water: The First Thrilling Mystery in the Darkly Funny Sicilian Crime Series is narrated by Mark Meadows.