The Dark Monk: Audiobook
Book 2 of the A Hangman's Daughter Tale series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Monk runs 14.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Hangman's Daughter Tale
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 116.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hangman's Daughter | 13 hrs |
| 2 | The Dark Monk | 14.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Beggar King | 16 hrs |
| 4 | The Poisoned Pilgrim | 16.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Werewolf of Bamberg | 20.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Play of Death | 17.6 hrs |
| 7 | The Council of Twelve | 18.2 hrs |
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
886 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 Dark Monk is book 2 of Oliver Pötzsch's A Hangman's Daughter Tale series: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released June 12, 2012, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- June 12, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- A Hangman's Daughter Tale #2
- ISBN
- 9781455876426
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Monk as an audiobook?
The Dark Monk runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.
Is The Dark Monk free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Monk?
The Dark Monk is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is The Dark Monk worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours.