The Dark Side of the Road: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ishmael Jones Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Side of the Road runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gildart Jackson (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 8,772 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ishmael Jones Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 24.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Side of the Road | 8.7 hrs |
| 2 | Dead Man Walking | 7.8 hrs |
| 3 | Very Important Corpses | 8.2 hrs |
More narrated by Gildart Jackson
Gildart Jackson narrates 312 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,867 hours in all.
About as long, on the Paranormal shelf
1,600 Paranormal 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 Side of the Road is book 1 of Simon R. Green's Ishmael Jones Mystery series: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, released November 13, 2018, on the Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gildart Jackson
- Released
- November 13, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Paranormal
- Series
- Ishmael Jones Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781541449961
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Side of the Road as an audiobook?
The Dark Side of the Road runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Dark Side of the Road free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Side of the Road?
The Dark Side of the Road is narrated by Gildart Jackson.