Dire Straits: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bo Blackman series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dire Straits audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bo Blackman
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 55.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dire Straits | 10.1 hrs |
| 2 | New Order | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | High Stakes | 9.4 hrs |
| 4 | Red Angel | 9.1 hrs |
| 5 | Vigilante Vampire | 8.4 hrs |
| 6 | Dark Tomorrow | 9.1 hrs |
More narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Saskia Maarleveld narrates 612 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,444 hours in all.
- The Alice Network
- First Lie Wins: Reese's Book Club Pick
- The Rose Code
- The God of the Woods
- The Indigo Girl
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,964 Fantasy 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
Dire Straits is book 1 of Helen Harper's Bo Blackman series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Saskia Maarleveld, released November 18, 2014, on the Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Saskia Maarleveld
- Released
- November 18, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy
- Series
- Bo Blackman #1
- ISBN
- 9781494576325
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dire Straits audiobook?
Dire Straits runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the Dire Straits audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dire Straits?
Dire Straits is narrated by Saskia Maarleveld.
Is Dire Straits worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.