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In the Blood by Steve Robinson

In the Blood: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In the Blood audiobook runs 10.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Vance (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish In the Blood at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery

This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 66.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1In the Blood10.9 hrs
2To The Grave8.8 hrs
3The Last Queen of England8.8 hrs
4The Lost Empress9.2 hrs
5Kindred9.5 hrs
6Dying Games8.9 hrs
7Letters from the Dead10 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,287 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

In the Blood is book 1 of Steve Robinson's Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released March 18, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Vance
Released
March 18, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery #1
ISBN
9781480593626

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the In the Blood audiobook?

In the Blood runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the In the Blood audiobook free?

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

Who narrates In the Blood?

In the Blood is narrated by Simon Vance.

Is In the Blood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.