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Downtown by Ed McBain

Downtown: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Downtown audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Ferrone (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Downtown at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 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 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Richard Ferrone

Richard Ferrone narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,217 hours in all.

All Richard Ferrone audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,757 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2009 recording read by David Regal runs 3 hours shorter (7.6 hours).

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

Downtown is an audiobook by Ed McBain: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Ferrone, released May 13, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Ferrone
Released
May 13, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
ISBN
9781456123994

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Downtown audiobook?

Downtown runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is the Downtown audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Downtown?

Downtown is narrated by Richard Ferrone.

Is Downtown worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.