The Truth: Audiobook
Book 9 of the DC Smith Investigation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Truth runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gildart Jackson (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DC Smith Investigation
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 81.7 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 116.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Accidental Death | 6.9 hrs |
| 2 | But For The Grace | 9.3 hrs |
| 3 | Luck and Judgement | 12 hrs |
| 4 | Persons of Interest: A DC Smith Investigation | 10.5 hrs |
| 5 | In This Bright Future: A DC Smith Investigation | 9.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Rags of Time: A DC Smith Investigation | 9.5 hrs |
| 7 | Time and Tide | 13.5 hrs |
| 8 | A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation | 10.7 hrs |
| 9 | The Truth | 8.9 hrs |
| 10 | The Camera Man | 11.5 hrs |
| 11 | The Late Lord Thorpe | 14.7 hrs |
More narrated by Gildart Jackson
Gildart Jackson narrates 312 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,867 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,043 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 Truth is book 9 of Peter Grainger's DC Smith Investigation series: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, released October 26, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gildart Jackson
- Released
- October 26, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- DC Smith Investigation #9
- ISBN
- 9781666145281
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Truth as an audiobook?
The Truth runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Truth free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Truth?
The Truth is narrated by Gildart Jackson.