The Dain Curse: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dain Curse runs 7.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Ferrone (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Ferrone
Richard Ferrone narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,217 hours in all.
- Rules of Prey
- A Voice in the Wind
- An Echo in the Darkness
- New York Dead
- Silent Prey
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,861 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Frank Marcopolos runs 0.2 hours longer (7.9 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 Dain Curse is an audiobook by Dashiell Hammett: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Ferrone, released October 1, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Ferrone
- Released
- October 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- ISBN
- 9781609983932
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dain Curse as an audiobook?
The Dain Curse runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is The Dain Curse free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dain Curse?
The Dain Curse is narrated by Richard Ferrone.