The Dark Winter: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Detective Sergeant McAvoy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Winter runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Curless (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 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 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 55% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Sergeant McAvoy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 22 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Winter | 8.5 hrs |
| 2 | Original Skin | 13.5 hrs |
More narrated by John Curless
John Curless narrates 74 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,017 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,760 Suspense 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 Winter is book 1 of David Mark's Detective Sergeant McAvoy series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Curless, released October 25, 2012, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Curless
- Released
- October 25, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Detective Sergeant McAvoy #1
- ISBN
- 9781470323981
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Winter as an audiobook?
The Dark Winter runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Dark Winter free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Winter?
The Dark Winter is narrated by John Curless.