Black Velvet: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Erin O'Reilly Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Velvet audiobook runs 5.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Kristi Alsip (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Erin O'Reilly Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 25 run 162.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Velvet | 5.2 hrs |
| 2 | Irish Car Bomb | 5 hrs |
| 3 | White Russian | 4.5 hrs |
| 4 | Double Scotch | 5.2 hrs |
| 5 | Manhattan | 6 hrs |
| 6 | Black Magic | 4.8 hrs |
| 7 | Death By Chocolate | 4.9 hrs |
| 8 | Massacre | 5.6 hrs |
| 9 | Flashback | 5.3 hrs |
| 10 | First Love | 6.1 hrs |
| 11 | High Stakes (The Erin O'Reilly Mysteries Book 11) | 5.8 hrs |
| 12 | Aquarium (The Erin O'Reilly Mysteries Book 12) | 6.1 hrs |
More narrated by Kristi Alsip
Kristi Alsip narrates 77 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 689 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,257 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
Black Velvet is book 1 of Steven Henry's Erin O'Reilly Mysteries series: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristi Alsip, released August 27, 2019, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kristi Alsip
- Released
- August 27, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- The Erin O'Reilly Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781943383573
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Black Velvet audiobook?
Black Velvet runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.
Is the Black Velvet audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Black Velvet?
Black Velvet is narrated by Kristi Alsip.