A Darker Domain: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Karen Pirie series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Darker Domain runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eilidh Fraser (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 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 |
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 13 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Karen Pirie
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 64.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Distant Echo | 14 hrs |
| 2 | A Darker Domain | 13 hrs |
| 3 | The Skeleton Road | 11.5 hrs |
| 4 | Out Of Bounds | 13 hrs |
| 5 | Broken Ground | 12.9 hrs |
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,528 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Whistler
- The Terminal List
- Rules of Prey
- Savage Son
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
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
A Darker Domain is book 2 of Val McDermid's Karen Pirie series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Eilidh Fraser, released August 1, 2009, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Eilidh Fraser
- Released
- August 1, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Karen Pirie #2
- ISBN
- 9781407447605
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Darker Domain as an audiobook?
A Darker Domain runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is A Darker Domain free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Darker Domain?
A Darker Domain is narrated by Eilidh Fraser.
Is A Darker Domain worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.