The Dark Place: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Gideon Oliver Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Place runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joel Richards (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 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 |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Gideon Oliver Mysteries
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 7.9 hours before it; books 1 to 17 run 141.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fellowship of Fear | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Dark Place | 7.6 hrs |
| 3 | Murder in the Queen's Armes | 7.5 hrs |
| 4 | Old Bones | 8.5 hrs |
| 5 | Curses! | 7.3 hrs |
| 6 | Icy Clutches | 8.6 hrs |
| 7 | Make No Bones | 7.3 hrs |
| 8 | Dead Men's Hearts | 8.9 hrs |
| 9 | Twenty Blue Devils | 8.6 hrs |
| 10 | Skeleton Dance | 8.5 hrs |
| 11 | Good Blood | 9.1 hrs |
| 12 | Where There's a Will | 8.6 hrs |
More narrated by Joel Richards
Joel Richards narrates 222 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,242 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,667 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 Place is book 2 of Aaron Elkins's Gideon Oliver Mysteries series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Richards, released February 19, 2019, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joel Richards
- Released
- February 19, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Gideon Oliver Mysteries #2
- ISBN
- 9781977337481
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Place as an audiobook?
The Dark Place runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is The Dark Place free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Place?
The Dark Place is narrated by Joel Richards.