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The Darkest Flower by Kristin Wright

The Darkest Flower: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Allison Barton series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Darkest Flower runs 9.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shannon Mcmanus and Coleen Marlo (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Darkest Flower at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Allison Barton

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 19.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Darkest Flower9.3 hrs
2The Darkest Web10.6 hrs

More narrated by Shannon Mcmanus

Shannon Mcmanus narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 678 hours in all.

  • The Queen BeeDorothea Benton Frank · 10.2 hrs
  • The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire, Book 11)Tui T. Sutherland · 8.4 hrs
  • The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire #12)Tui T. Sutherland · 6.9 hrs
  • The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire #14)Tui T. Sutherland · 7.9 hrs
  • The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire #13)Tui T. Sutherland · 7.4 hrs

All Shannon Mcmanus audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

6,113 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 Darkest Flower is book 1 of Kristin Wright's Allison Barton series: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Shannon Mcmanus and Coleen Marlo, released June 1, 2021, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.3 hrs
Narrated by
Shannon Mcmanus, Coleen Marlo
Released
June 1, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense, Legal & Political
Series
Allison Barton #1
ISBN
9781713568100

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Darkest Flower as an audiobook?

The Darkest Flower runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.

Is The Darkest Flower free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Darkest Flower?

The Darkest Flower is narrated by Shannon Mcmanus and Coleen Marlo.