Dark Fire: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Matthew Shardlake series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Fire 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 |
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 18.9 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Steven Crossley
Steven Crossley narrates 290 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,468 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
432 Literary 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 is book 2 of C.J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake series: a 18.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Crossley, released January 9, 2009, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steven Crossley
- Released
- January 9, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- Series
- Matthew Shardlake #2
- ISBN
- 9781436185608
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dark Fire audiobook?
Dark Fire runs 18.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.6 hours.
Is the Dark Fire audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dark Fire?
Dark Fire is narrated by Steven Crossley.
Is Dark Fire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.6 hours, saving 6.3 hours.