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Dark Objects by Simon Toyne

Dark Objects: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Laughton Rees series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Objects audiobook runs 11.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Shazia Nicholls (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.2listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dark Objects at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Laughton Rees

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 32.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Dark Objects11.2 hrs
2The Clearing10.1 hrs
3The Black Highway11 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

3,908 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

Dark Objects is book 1 of Simon Toyne's Laughton Rees series: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Shazia Nicholls, released July 12, 2022, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.2 hrs
Narrated by
Shazia Nicholls
Released
July 12, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Psychological
Series
Laughton Rees #1
ISBN
9780063246331

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dark Objects audiobook?

Dark Objects runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.

Is the Dark Objects audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dark Objects?

Dark Objects is narrated by Shazia Nicholls.

Is Dark Objects worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.7 hours.