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The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists by Alexander McCall Smith

The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists: Audiobook

Book 2.5 of the Detective Varg series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists runs 2.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Rintoul (about 1.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.1listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.1 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day2 days
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What our data says

  • At 2.1 hours, it is shorter than 95% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

161 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 Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists is book 2.5 of Alexander McCall Smith's Detective Varg series: a 2.1-hour unabridged recording, read by David Rintoul, released October 15, 2019, on the Police & Detective and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.1 hrs
Narrated by
David Rintoul
Released
October 15, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Literary Fiction
Series
Detective Varg #2.5
ISBN
9781980054535

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists as an audiobook?

The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists runs 2.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.4 hours.

Is The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists?

The Strange Case of the Moderate Extremists is narrated by David Rintoul.