The Empty Hours: Audiobook
Book 15 of the 87th Precinct series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Empty Hours runs 7.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dick Hill (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.1 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on 87th Precinct
This is book 15. Books 1 to 14 run 86.2 hours before it; books 1 to 19 run 117.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cop Hater | 6.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Mugger | 6.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Pusher | 6.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Con Man | 6.2 hrs |
| 5 | Killer's Choice | 5.8 hrs |
| 6 | Killer's Payoff | 6.3 hrs |
| 7 | Killer's Wedge | 5.7 hrs |
| 8 | Lady Killer | 5.5 hrs |
| 9 | 'Til Death | 5.7 hrs |
| 10 | King's Ransom | 6.7 hrs |
| 11 | Give the Boys a Great Big Hand | 6 hrs |
| 12 | The Heckler | 7.2 hrs |
More narrated by Dick Hill
Dick Hill narrates 355 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,167 hours in all.
- The Black Echo
- Killing Floor
- The Black Ice
- The Concrete Blonde
- The Last Coyote
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,869 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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 Empty Hours is book 15 of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released June 5, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dick Hill
- Released
- June 5, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- 87th Precinct #15
- ISBN
- 9781455873685
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Empty Hours as an audiobook?
The Empty Hours runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
Is The Empty Hours free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Empty Hours?
The Empty Hours is narrated by Dick Hill.