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The Fire Thief by Debra Bokur

The Fire Thief: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Dark Paradise Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fire Thief runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Fire Thief 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 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Dark Paradise Mystery

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 25.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Fire Thief7.9 hrs
2The Bone Field8.9 hrs
3The Lava Witch8.6 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,072 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 Fire Thief is book 1 of Debra Bokur's Dark Paradise Mystery series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Woo Zeller, released May 26, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Emily Woo Zeller
Released
May 26, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Dark Paradise Mystery #1
ISBN
9781541436473

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Fire Thief as an audiobook?

The Fire Thief runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is The Fire Thief free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Fire Thief?

The Fire Thief is narrated by Emily Woo Zeller.