The Black Country: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Scotland Yard's Murder Squad series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Country runs 10.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Toby Leonard Moore (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 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 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Scotland Yard's Murder Squad
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 34.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Yard | 14.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Black Country | 10.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Devil's Workshop | 9.6 hrs |
More narrated by Toby Leonard Moore
Toby Leonard Moore narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 131 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,500 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2013 recording read by Nigel Carrington runs 0.5 hours shorter (9.5 hours).
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
The Black Country is book 2 of Alex Grecian's Scotland Yard's Murder Squad series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Toby Leonard Moore, released May 21, 2013, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Toby Leonard Moore
- Released
- May 21, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- Scotland Yard's Murder Squad #2
- ISBN
- 9781101620533
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Country as an audiobook?
The Black Country runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Black Country free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Black Country?
The Black Country is narrated by Toby Leonard Moore.
Is The Black Country worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.