Dark Fire: A Compulsive Thriller of Treason and Deceit from the Bestselling Historical Series: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Shardlake series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Fire: A Compulsive Thriller of Treason and Deceit from the Bestselling Historical Series audiobook runs 18.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Steven Crossley (about 12.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 18.9 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shardlake series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 54.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dissolution | 14.6 hrs |
| 2 | Dark Fire: A Compulsive Thriller of Treason and Deceit from the Bestselling Historical Series | 18.9 hrs |
| 3 | Sovereign: A Gripping Tudor Conspiracy from the Bestselling Historical Series | 21 hrs |
More narrated by Steven Crossley
Steven Crossley narrates 290 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,468 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
566 Historical (Fiction) 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 Fire: A Compulsive Thriller of Treason and Deceit from the Bestselling Historical Series is book 2 of C.J. Sansom's Shardlake series: a 18.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Crossley, released October 23, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steven Crossley
- Released
- October 23, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Shardlake series #2
- ISBN
- 9781447291558
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dark Fire: A Compulsive Thriller of Treason and Deceit from the Bestselling Historical Series audiobook?
Dark Fire: A Compulsive Thriller of Treason and Deceit from the Bestselling Historical Series runs 18.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.6 hours.
Is the Dark Fire: A Compulsive Thriller of Treason and Deceit from the Bestselling Historical Series audiobook free?
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Who narrates Dark Fire: A Compulsive Thriller of Treason and Deceit from the Bestselling Historical Series?
Dark Fire: A Compulsive Thriller of Treason and Deceit from the Bestselling Historical Series is narrated by Steven Crossley.
Is Dark Fire: A Compulsive Thriller of Treason and Deceit from the Bestselling Historical Series worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.6 hours, saving 6.3 hours.