The Descent: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Detective Louise Blackwell series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Descent runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Danielle Cohen (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Louise Blackwell
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.5 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 67.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Crossing | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Descent | 10.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Gorge | 9.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Mark | 9.3 hrs |
| 5 | The Pier | 10.7 hrs |
| 6 | The Bridge | 9 hrs |
| 7 | The Solstice | 8.7 hrs |
More narrated by Danielle Cohen
Danielle Cohen narrates 97 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,020 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,586 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 Descent is book 2 of Matt Brolly's Detective Louise Blackwell series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Danielle Cohen, released July 23, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Danielle Cohen
- Released
- July 23, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Louise Blackwell #2
- ISBN
- 9781713506683
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Descent as an audiobook?
The Descent runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is The Descent free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Descent?
The Descent is narrated by Danielle Cohen.
Is The Descent worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.