The Sudden Arrival of Violence: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Glasgow series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sudden Arrival of Violence runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Angus King (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Glasgow Trilogy
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 17.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 28 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter | 8 hrs |
| 2 | How a Gunman Says Goodbye | 9.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Sudden Arrival of Violence | 10.5 hrs |
More narrated by Angus King
Angus King narrates 164 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,665 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,825 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 Sudden Arrival of Violence is book 3 of Malcolm Mackay's Glasgow series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Angus King, released April 21, 2015, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Angus King
- Released
- April 21, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Glasgow Trilogy #3
- ISBN
- 9781478903420
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sudden Arrival of Violence as an audiobook?
The Sudden Arrival of Violence runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Sudden Arrival of Violence free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sudden Arrival of Violence?
The Sudden Arrival of Violence is narrated by Angus King.
Is The Sudden Arrival of Violence worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.