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These Still Black Waters by Christina McDonald

These Still Black Waters: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Jess Lambert series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the These Still Black Waters audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Ellen Quay and Erin Bennett and others (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish These Still Black Waters at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Jess Lambert

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1These Still Black Waters10.2 hrs
2What Lies in Darkness10.9 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,226 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

These Still Black Waters is book 1 of Christina McDonald's Jess Lambert series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Ellen Quay, Erin Bennett and Angela Dawe, released October 1, 2023, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Ellen Quay, Erin Bennett, Angela Dawe
Released
October 1, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Psychological
Series
Jess Lambert #1
ISBN
9798400119125

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the These Still Black Waters audiobook?

These Still Black Waters runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is the These Still Black Waters audiobook free?

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

Who narrates These Still Black Waters?

These Still Black Waters is narrated by Ellen Quay, Erin Bennett and Angela Dawe.

Is These Still Black Waters worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.