The Blackbird: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Alan Grofield Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Blackbird runs 5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by R. C. Bray (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Alan Grofield Mysteries
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 9.6 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 20.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Damsel | 4.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Dame | 4.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Blackbird | 5 hrs |
| 4 | Lemons Never Lie | 5.5 hrs |
More narrated by R. C. Bray
R. C. Bray narrates 88 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 805 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
351 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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
The Blackbird is book 3 of Donald E. Westlake's Alan Grofield Mysteries series: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by R. C. Bray, released June 1, 2013, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5 hrs
- Narrated by
- R. C. Bray
- Released
- June 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- The Alan Grofield Mysteries #3
- ISBN
- 9781620643594
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Blackbird as an audiobook?
The Blackbird runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is The Blackbird free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Blackbird?
The Blackbird is narrated by R. C. Bray.