The Shipping Murder: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Eric Ward Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shipping Murder runs 6.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Lee (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 78% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Eric Ward Mysteries
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 28.1 hours before it; books 1 to 17 run 101.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sedleigh Hall Murder | 5.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Farming Murder | 5.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Quayside Murder | 5.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Diamond Murder | 5.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Geordie Murder | 5.7 hrs |
| 6 | The Shipping Murder | 6.5 hrs |
| 7 | The City of London Murder | 5.5 hrs |
| 8 | The Apartment Murder | 5.5 hrs |
| 9 | The Spanish Villa Murder | 5.9 hrs |
| 10 | The Marriage Murder | 5.8 hrs |
| 11 | The Wasteful Murder | 5.7 hrs |
| 12 | The Phantom Murder | 6 hrs |
More narrated by John Lee
John Lee narrates 513 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,580 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,879 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 Shipping Murder is book 6 of Roy Lewis's Eric Ward Mysteries series: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released September 13, 2022, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lee
- Released
- September 13, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Eric Ward Mysteries #6
- ISBN
- 9798200986019
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shipping Murder as an audiobook?
The Shipping Murder runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is The Shipping Murder free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shipping Murder?
The Shipping Murder is narrated by John Lee.