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When Shadows Fall by Neil Lancaster

When Shadows Fall: Audiobook

Book 6 of the DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When Shadows Fall audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Angus King (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish When Shadows Fall at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers

This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 54.2 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 76.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Dead Man’s Grave11.8 hrs
2The Blood Tide10.9 hrs
3The Night Watch10.5 hrs
4Blood Runs Cold10.7 hrs
5The Devil You Know10.3 hrs
6When Shadows Fall10.6 hrs
7The Dark Heart12 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,696 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

When Shadows Fall is book 6 of Neil Lancaster's DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Angus King, released March 27, 2025, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Angus King
Released
March 27, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense
Series
DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers #6
ISBN
9780008551360

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the When Shadows Fall audiobook?

When Shadows Fall runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is the When Shadows Fall audiobook free?

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

Who narrates When Shadows Fall?

When Shadows Fall is narrated by Angus King.

Is When Shadows Fall worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.