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Eight Black Horses by Ed McBain

Eight Black Horses: Audiobook

Book 38 of the 87th Precinct series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Eight Black Horses audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Dick Hill (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Eight Black Horses at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Dick Hill

Dick Hill narrates 355 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,167 hours in all.

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All Dick Hill audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,652 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

Eight Black Horses is book 38 of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released March 24, 2015, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.3 hrs
Narrated by
Dick Hill
Released
March 24, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
87th Precinct #38
ISBN
9781501252426

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Eight Black Horses audiobook?

Eight Black Horses runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.

Is the Eight Black Horses audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Eight Black Horses?

Eight Black Horses is narrated by Dick Hill.