Dark Crimes: Audiobook
Book 1 of the DCI Sophie Allen series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Crimes audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Cat Gould (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 |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DCI Sophie Allen
This is book 1. Books 1 to 10 run 78.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dark Crimes | 8.4 hrs |
| 2 | Deadly Crimes | 8.2 hrs |
| 3 | Secret Crimes | 8.1 hrs |
| 4 | Buried Crimes | 8.7 hrs |
| 5 | Twisted Crimes | 7.6 hrs |
| 6 | Evil Crimes | 6.9 hrs |
| 7 | Shadow Crimes | 7.3 hrs |
| 8 | Silent Crimes | 7.7 hrs |
| 9 | Ruthless Crimes | 7.9 hrs |
| 10 | Brutal Crimes | 7.5 hrs |
More narrated by Cat Gould
Cat Gould narrates 164 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,577 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,698 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
Dark Crimes is book 1 of Michael Hambling's DCI Sophie Allen series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Cat Gould, released December 6, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cat Gould
- Released
- December 6, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- DCI Sophie Allen #1
- ISBN
- 9781515985310
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dark Crimes audiobook?
Dark Crimes runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Dark Crimes audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dark Crimes?
Dark Crimes is narrated by Cat Gould.