The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
A Darker Shade of Blue by John Harvey

A Darker Shade of Blue: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Darker Shade of Blue runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chris Pavlo and Matt Bates and others (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.3listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Darker Shade of Blue at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

2,602 Suspense 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

A Darker Shade of Blue is an audiobook by John Harvey: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Pavlo, Matt Bates and Amy Shindler and others, released October 1, 2011, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.3 hrs
Narrated by
Chris Pavlo, Matt Bates, Amy Shindler, Colin Mace, Nick Boulton, Paul Thornley
Released
October 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
ISBN
9781407489865

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Darker Shade of Blue as an audiobook?

A Darker Shade of Blue runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.

Is A Darker Shade of Blue free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Darker Shade of Blue?

A Darker Shade of Blue is narrated by Chris Pavlo, Matt Bates, Amy Shindler and Colin Mace and others.

Is A Darker Shade of Blue worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.