Under Violent Skies: Audiobook
Book 1 of the DI Sara Hirst series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Under Violent Skies audiobook runs 9.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Shiromi Arserio (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DI Sara Hirst
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 52.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under Violent Skies | 9.3 hrs |
| 2 | Into Deadly Storms | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | A Brutal Season | 8.4 hrs |
| 4 | An Artful Murder | 8.4 hrs |
| 5 | The Norfolk Beach Murders | 8.6 hrs |
| 6 | The Wild Thyme Farm Murder | 8.3 hrs |
More narrated by Shiromi Arserio
Shiromi Arserio narrates 214 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,109 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
Under Violent Skies is book 1 of Judi Daykin's DI Sara Hirst series: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Shiromi Arserio, released April 20, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shiromi Arserio
- Released
- April 20, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- DI Sara Hirst #1
- ISBN
- 9781666102345
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Under Violent Skies audiobook?
Under Violent Skies runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is the Under Violent Skies audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Under Violent Skies?
Under Violent Skies is narrated by Shiromi Arserio.