Fear the Past: An unputdownable crime thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Misty Isle series: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Dark Yorkshire Crime Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fear the Past: An unputdownable crime thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Misty Isle series audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Greg Patmore (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Dark Yorkshire Crime Thriller
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 38 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 54.4 hours in all.
More narrated by Greg Patmore
Greg Patmore narrates 97 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,066 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,734 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
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 the Past: An unputdownable crime thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Misty Isle series is book 5 of J M Dalgliesh's Dark Yorkshire Crime Thriller series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Greg Patmore, released July 2, 2026, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Greg Patmore
- Released
- July 2, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Dark Yorkshire Crime Thriller #5
- ISBN
- 9781529991680
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fear the Past: An unputdownable crime thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Misty Isle series audiobook?
Fear the Past: An unputdownable crime thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Misty Isle series runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Fear the Past: An unputdownable crime thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Misty Isle series audiobook free?
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Who narrates Fear the Past: An unputdownable crime thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Misty Isle series?
Fear the Past: An unputdownable crime thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Misty Isle series is narrated by Greg Patmore.