Games to Keep the Dark Away: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Sharon McCone Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Games to Keep the Dark Away audiobook runs 5.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Laura Hicks (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.8 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Sharon McCone Mysteries
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 16.8 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 29.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin of the Iron Shoes | 5.5 hrs |
| 2 | Ask the Cards a Question | 5.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Cheshire Cat’s Eye | 5.6 hrs |
| 4 | Games to Keep the Dark Away | 5.8 hrs |
| 5 | Leave a Message for Willie | 6.5 hrs |
More narrated by Laura Hicks
Laura Hicks narrates 39 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 376 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,022 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
Games to Keep the Dark Away is book 4 of Marcia Muller's Sharon McCone Mysteries series: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Laura Hicks, released October 1, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laura Hicks
- Released
- October 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Sharon McCone Mysteries #4
- ISBN
- 9781609988616
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Games to Keep the Dark Away audiobook?
Games to Keep the Dark Away runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.
Is the Games to Keep the Dark Away audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Games to Keep the Dark Away?
Games to Keep the Dark Away is narrated by Laura Hicks.