Black as He’s Painted: Audiobook
Book 28 of the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black as He’s Painted audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Wanda Mccaddon (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Wanda Mccaddon
Wanda Mccaddon narrates 111 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,364 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,125 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
- The 18th Abduction
- The People vs. Alex Cross
- Mary, Mary
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
Black as He’s Painted is book 28 of Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Alleyn Mysteries series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Wanda Mccaddon, released September 28, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Wanda Mccaddon
- Released
- September 28, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries #28
- ISBN
- 9781481561334
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Black as He’s Painted audiobook?
Black as He’s Painted runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is the Black as He’s Painted audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Black as He’s Painted?
Black as He’s Painted is narrated by Wanda Mccaddon.