In the Dark: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Jonathan Stride series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In the Dark audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Carrington MacDuffie and Joe Barrett (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Jonathan Stride Series
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 44.5 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 132.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Immoral | 18 hrs |
| 2 | Stripped | 13.5 hrs |
| 3 | Stalked | 13 hrs |
| 4 | In the Dark | 12.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Burying Place | 11 hrs |
| 6 | The Cold Nowhere: A Jonathan Stride Novel | 11.4 hrs |
| 7 | Goodbye to the Dead: A Jonathan Stride Novel | 11.9 hrs |
| 8 | Marathon: A Jonathan Stride Novel | 10.7 hrs |
| 9 | Alter Ego: A Jonathan Stride Novel | 10.5 hrs |
| 10 | Funeral for a Friend: A Jonathan Stride Novel | 9.6 hrs |
| 11 | The Zero Night: A Jonathan Stride Novel | 10.4 hrs |
More narrated by Carrington MacDuffie
Carrington MacDuffie narrates 130 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,157 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,360 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Places
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
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 Dark is book 4 of Brian Freeman's Jonathan Stride series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Carrington MacDuffie and Joe Barrett, released January 1, 2007, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Carrington MacDuffie, Joe Barrett
- Released
- January 1, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Jonathan Stride Series #4
- ISBN
- 9781483057811
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the In the Dark audiobook?
In the Dark runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the In the Dark audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates In the Dark?
In the Dark is narrated by Carrington MacDuffie and Joe Barrett.
Is In the Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.