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Black & Blue by Emma Jameson

Black & Blue: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Lord & Lady Hetheridge Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black & Blue audiobook runs 7.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.4listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Black & Blue at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Lord & Lady Hetheridge Mystery Series

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 20.3 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 60.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Ice Blue6.1 hrs
2Blue Murder7.2 hrs
3Something Blue6.9 hrs
4Black & Blue7.4 hrs
5Blue Blooded9.7 hrs
6Blue Christmas6.7 hrs
7Untrue Blue7.3 hrs
8London Blue8.9 hrs

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

1,937 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

Black & Blue is book 4 of Emma Jameson's Lord & Lady Hetheridge Mystery series: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies, released January 11, 2016, on the Cozy Mystery and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.4 hrs
Narrated by
Matthew Lloyd Davies
Released
January 11, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Cozy Mystery, Suspense
Series
Lord & Lady Hetheridge Mystery Series #4
ISBN
9781664913448

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Black & Blue audiobook?

Black & Blue runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is the Black & Blue audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Black & Blue?

Black & Blue is narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies.