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Pitch Black by Elise Noble

Pitch Black: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Blackwood Security series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Pitch Black audiobook runs 9.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Sarah Kempton (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.4listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Pitch Black at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Blackwood Security

This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 50 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Pitch Black9.4 hrs
2Into the Black11.2 hrs
3Forever Black8.3 hrs
4Gold Rush11.6 hrs
5Gray is My Heart9.5 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

6,002 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

Pitch Black is book 1 of Elise Noble's Blackwood Security series: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Sarah Kempton, released July 5, 2019, on the Police & Detective and Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.4 hrs
Narrated by
Sarah Kempton
Released
July 5, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Mystery
Series
Blackwood Security #1
ISBN
9781912888023

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Pitch Black audiobook?

Pitch Black runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is the Pitch Black audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Pitch Black?

Pitch Black is narrated by Sarah Kempton.