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The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman

The Dark Wind: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Wind runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Guidall (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Dark Wind at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,563 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 Wind is book 5 of Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released January 1, 2016, on the Police & Detective and Romance shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
George Guidall
Released
January 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Romance
Series
Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Mysteries #5
ISBN
9781501907654

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dark Wind as an audiobook?

The Dark Wind runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Dark Wind free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Dark Wind?

The Dark Wind is narrated by George Guidall.