The Square Root of Murder: Audiobook
Book 5 of the P.C. Hawke Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Square Root of Murder runs 2.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jeff Woodman (about 1.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 2.8 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on P.C. Hawke Mysteries
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 11.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 14.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Scream Museum | 3.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Surfing Corpse | 2.7 hrs |
| 3 | The E-Mail Murders | 2.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Lethal Gorilla | 3.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Square Root of Murder | 2.8 hrs |
More narrated by Jeff Woodman
Jeff Woodman narrates 161 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,173 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
215 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 Square Root of Murder is book 5 of Paul Zindel's P.C. Hawke Mysteries series: a 2.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeff Woodman, released August 28, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jeff Woodman
- Released
- August 28, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- P.C. Hawke Mysteries #5
- ISBN
- 9781440768828
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Square Root of Murder as an audiobook?
The Square Root of Murder runs 2.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.9 hours.
Is The Square Root of Murder free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Square Root of Murder?
The Square Root of Murder is narrated by Jeff Woodman.