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Bolt by Dick Francis

Bolt: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Kit Fielding series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bolt audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Bolt at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Kit Fielding

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.5 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 18 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Break In9.5 hrs
2Bolt8.5 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,880 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

Bolt is book 2 of Dick Francis's Kit Fielding series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released April 29, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Prebble
Released
April 29, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Kit Fielding #2
ISBN
9781461810384

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Bolt audiobook?

Bolt runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the Bolt audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Bolt?

Bolt is narrated by Simon Prebble.