Blackman’s Coffin: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sam Blackman Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blackman’s Coffin audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by William Dufris (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Sam Blackman Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 43.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackman’s Coffin | 8.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Fitzgerald Ruse: A Sam Blackman Mystery | 8.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Sandburg Connection: A Sam Blackman Mystery | 9.6 hrs |
| 4 | A Murder in Passing: A Sam Blackman Mystery | 8.6 hrs |
| 5 | A Specter of Justice: A Sam Blackman Mystery | 8.3 hrs |
More narrated by William Dufris
William Dufris narrates 321 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,110 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,745 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)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
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
Blackman’s Coffin is book 1 of Mark De Castrique's Sam Blackman Mysteries series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by William Dufris, released June 10, 2008, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- William Dufris
- Released
- June 10, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Sam Blackman Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781481567053
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blackman’s Coffin audiobook?
Blackman’s Coffin runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Blackman’s Coffin audiobook free?
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Who narrates Blackman’s Coffin?
Blackman’s Coffin is narrated by William Dufris.