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The Dark Vineyard by Martin Walker

The Dark Vineyard: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Bruno, Chief of Police series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Vineyard runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Ian Mckenzie (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 10 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Bruno, Chief of Police

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.3 hours before it; books 1 to 16 run 160.1 hours in all.

More narrated by Robert Ian Mckenzie

Robert Ian Mckenzie narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 32 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,515 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 Vineyard is book 2 of Martin Walker's Bruno, Chief of Police series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Ian Mckenzie, released April 22, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Ian Mckenzie
Released
April 22, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Bruno, Chief of Police #2
ISBN
9781449867102

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dark Vineyard as an audiobook?

The Dark Vineyard runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is The Dark Vineyard free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Dark Vineyard?

The Dark Vineyard is narrated by Robert Ian Mckenzie.

Is The Dark Vineyard worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.