Whispers Under Ground: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Rivers of London series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Whispers Under Ground audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Rivers of London
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 20 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 98.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivers of London | 9.9 hrs |
| 2 | Moon Over Soho | 10 hrs |
| 3 | Whispers Under Ground | 10.2 hrs |
| 4 | The Masquerades of Spring | 4.5 hrs |
| 5 | Foxglove Summer | 11.5 hrs |
| 6 | The Hanging Tree: A Rivers of London Novel | 10 hrs |
| 7 | Lies Sleeping | 10.3 hrs |
| 8 | False Value | 11.1 hrs |
| 9 | Amongst Our Weapons | 10.6 hrs |
| 10 | Stone and Sky | 10.8 hrs |
More narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 545 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,243 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
Whispers Under Ground is book 3 of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, released September 28, 2012, on the Police & Detective and Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Released
- September 28, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Fantasy
- Series
- Rivers of London #3
- ISBN
- 9781452680095
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Whispers Under Ground audiobook?
Whispers Under Ground runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the Whispers Under Ground audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Whispers Under Ground?
Whispers Under Ground is narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.
Is Whispers Under Ground worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.