The Dark Tunnel: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Chet Gordon series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Tunnel runs 7.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.1 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
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
3,819 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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 Tunnel is book 1 of Ross MacDonald's Chet Gordon series: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released June 24, 2005, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- June 24, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Chet Gordon Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781481560672
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Tunnel as an audiobook?
The Dark Tunnel runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
Is The Dark Tunnel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Tunnel?
The Dark Tunnel is narrated by Grover Gardner.