Lightning: Audiobook
Book 37 of the 87th Precinct series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Lightning audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Dick Hill (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dick Hill
Dick Hill narrates 355 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,167 hours in all.
- The Black Echo
- Killing Floor
- The Black Ice
- The Concrete Blonde
- The Last Coyote
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,144 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
Lightning is book 37 of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released November 6, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dick Hill
- Released
- November 6, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- 87th Precinct #37
- ISBN
- 9781455873838
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Lightning audiobook?
Lightning runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the Lightning audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Lightning?
Lightning is narrated by Dick Hill.
Is Lightning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.