Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel: Audiobook
Book 20 of the Inspector Banks Novels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Prebble
Simon Prebble narrates 258 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,739 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,999 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
Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel is book 20 of Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks Novels series: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released January 8, 2013, on the Police & Detective and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Prebble
- Released
- January 8, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Literary Fiction
- Series
- Inspector Banks Novels #20
- ISBN
- 9780062239655
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel audiobook?
Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is the Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel?
Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel is narrated by Simon Prebble.
Is Watching the Dark: An Inspector Banks Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.