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The Crossing by Matt Brolly

The Crossing: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Detective Louise Blackwell series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Crossing runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Danielle Cohen (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Crossing 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

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Detective Louise Blackwell

This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 67.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Crossing9.5 hrs
2The Descent10.7 hrs
3The Gorge9.5 hrs
4The Mark9.3 hrs
5The Pier10.7 hrs
6The Bridge9 hrs
7The Solstice8.7 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,900 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 Crossing is book 1 of Matt Brolly's Detective Louise Blackwell series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Danielle Cohen, released February 14, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
Danielle Cohen
Released
February 14, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Detective Louise Blackwell #1
ISBN
9781799749912

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Crossing as an audiobook?

The Crossing runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is The Crossing free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Crossing?

The Crossing is narrated by Danielle Cohen.