The Crack in the Lens: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Holmes on the Range series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Crack in the Lens runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Dufris (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Holmes on the Range
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 29.5 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 49.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holmes on the Range | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | On The Wrong Track | 9.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Black Dove | 10.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Crack in the Lens | 10 hrs |
| 5 | World's Greatest Sleuth!: A Holmes on the Range Mystery | 9.6 hrs |
More narrated by William Dufris
William Dufris narrates 321 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,110 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,568 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
The Crack in the Lens is book 4 of Steve Hockensmith's Holmes on the Range series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by William Dufris, released August 4, 2009, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- William Dufris
- Released
- August 4, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Fiction
- Series
- Holmes on the Range #4
- ISBN
- 9781400182824
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Crack in the Lens as an audiobook?
The Crack in the Lens runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Crack in the Lens free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Crack in the Lens?
The Crack in the Lens is narrated by William Dufris.
Is The Crack in the Lens worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.