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Lightning Men by Thomas Mullen

Lightning Men: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Darktown series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Lightning Men audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.9listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Lightning Men at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,017 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 Men is book 2 of Thomas Mullen's Darktown series: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, released September 12, 2017, on the Police & Detective and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.9 hrs
Narrated by
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Released
September 12, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, BIPOC Stories & Voices
Series
The Darktown Series #2
ISBN
9781508232995

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Lightning Men audiobook?

Lightning Men runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is the Lightning Men audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Lightning Men?

Lightning Men is narrated by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.

Is Lightning Men worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.