The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean 8: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Inspector McLean series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean 8 runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ian Hanmore (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector McLean
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 83.2 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 95.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Causes: Inspector McLean 1 | 11.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Book of Souls: Inspector McLean 2 | 10.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Hangman's Song: Inspector McLean 3 | 12.6 hrs |
| 4 | Dead Men's Bones: Inspector McLean 4 | 11.9 hrs |
| 5 | Prayer for the Dead: Inspector McLean 5 | 12.9 hrs |
| 6 | The Damage Done: Inspector McLean 6 | 12.1 hrs |
| 7 | Written in Bones: Inspector McLean 7 | 11.1 hrs |
| 8 | The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean 8 | 12.3 hrs |
More narrated by Ian Hanmore
Ian Hanmore narrates 27 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 181 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,615 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
- Finders Keepers
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 Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean 8 is book 8 of James Oswald's Inspector McLean series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Ian Hanmore, released January 25, 2018, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ian Hanmore
- Released
- January 25, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- Inspector McLean #8
- ISBN
- 9781405934800
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean 8 as an audiobook?
The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean 8 runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean 8 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean 8?
The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean 8 is narrated by Ian Hanmore.
Is The Gathering Dark: Inspector McLean 8 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.