Flood: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Burke series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Flood audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Christopher Lane (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Burke Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 18 run 170 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flood | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | Strega | 10.9 hrs |
| 3 | Blue Belle | 11 hrs |
| 4 | Hard Candy | 7.4 hrs |
| 5 | Blossom | 8.1 hrs |
| 6 | Sacrifice | 8.6 hrs |
| 7 | Down in the Zero | 9.8 hrs |
| 8 | Footsteps of the Hawk | 8.6 hrs |
| 9 | False Allegations | 7.9 hrs |
| 10 | Safe House | 10.3 hrs |
| 11 | Choice of Evil | 10.8 hrs |
| 12 | Dead and Gone | 11 hrs |
More narrated by Christopher Lane
Christopher Lane narrates 266 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,814 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,754 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
- Finders Keepers
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
Flood is book 1 of Andrew Vachss's Burke series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Lane, released November 3, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Lane
- Released
- November 3, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Burke Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781441817082
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Flood audiobook?
Flood runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is the Flood audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Flood?
Flood is narrated by Christopher Lane.
Is Flood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.