The Dark Root: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Joe Gunther Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Root runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Taylorson (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Joe Gunther Mysteries
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 56.9 hours before it; books 1 to 33 run 312.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open Season | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | Borderlines | 10.4 hrs |
| 3 | Scent of Evil | 13.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Skeleton’s Knee | 11 hrs |
| 5 | Fruits of the Poisonous Tree | 10.7 hrs |
| 6 | The Dark Root | 12.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Ragman’s Memory | 10.9 hrs |
| 8 | Bellows Falls | 9.3 hrs |
| 9 | The Disposable Man | 9.7 hrs |
| 10 | Occam’s Razor | 12.8 hrs |
| 11 | The Marble Mask | 9.2 hrs |
| 12 | Tucker Peak | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Tom Taylorson
Tom Taylorson narrates 126 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,373 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,629 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
- Finders Keepers
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 Root is book 6 of Archer Mayor's Joe Gunther Mysteries series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Taylorson, released May 24, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Taylorson
- Released
- May 24, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Joe Gunther Mysteries #6
- ISBN
- 9781504687775
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Root as an audiobook?
The Dark Root runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Dark Root free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Root?
The Dark Root is narrated by Tom Taylorson.
Is The Dark Root worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.