Water's Edge: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Highlands & Islands Detective series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Water's Edge audiobook runs 5.9 hours unabridged, narrated by David Monteath (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.9 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Highlands & Islands Detective
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 24.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water's Edge | 5.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Bothy | 6.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Horror Weekend | 6.3 hrs |
| 4 | The Small Ferry: Highlands & Islands Detective Book 4 | 5.9 hrs |
More narrated by David Monteath
David Monteath narrates 95 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,061 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,209 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
Water's Edge is book 1 of G. R. Jordan's Highlands & Islands Detective series: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by David Monteath, released March 18, 2026, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Monteath
- Released
- March 18, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Highlands & Islands Detective #1
- ISBN
- 9781004228065
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Water's Edge audiobook?
Water's Edge runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is the Water's Edge audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Water's Edge?
Water's Edge is narrated by David Monteath.