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Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns by Jack Beaumont

Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Frenchman series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Victor Bevine (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Legal & Politicalstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns at common listening paces
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30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Frenchman Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.7 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 35.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Frenchman9.7 hrs
2Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns12 hrs
3Liar's Game13.7 hrs

About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf

573 Legal & Political 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

Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns is book 2 of Jack Beaumont's Frenchman series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Victor Bevine, released March 26, 2024, on the Legal & Political and Espionage shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Victor Bevine
Released
March 26, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Legal & Political, Espionage
Series
The Frenchman Series #2
ISBN
9798200861941

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns audiobook?

Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns?

Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns is narrated by Victor Bevine.

Is Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.