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Fear of the Dark by Walter Mosley

Fear of the Dark: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Fearless Jones series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fear of the Dark audiobook runs 7.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Boatman (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Fear of the Dark at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Michael Boatman

Michael Boatman narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 418 hours in all.

All Michael Boatman audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,548 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

Fear of the Dark is book 3 of Walter Mosley's Fearless Jones series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Boatman, released September 19, 2006, on the Police & Detective and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Boatman
Released
September 19, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, BIPOC Stories & Voices
Series
Fearless Jones #3
ISBN
9781594835735

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Fear of the Dark audiobook?

Fear of the Dark runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is the Fear of the Dark audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Fear of the Dark?

Fear of the Dark is narrated by Michael Boatman.