The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
The Hours of Darkness and Other Stories by Edmund Crispin

The Hours of Darkness and Other Stories: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hours of Darkness and Other Stories runs 6.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Panting (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.8listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Hours of Darkness and Other Stories at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

1,379 Suspense 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 Hours of Darkness and Other Stories is an audiobook by Edmund Crispin: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Panting, released November 30, 2023, on the Suspense and Cozy Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.8 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Panting
Released
November 30, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense, Cozy Mystery
ISBN
9780008530686

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Hours of Darkness and Other Stories as an audiobook?

The Hours of Darkness and Other Stories runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.

Is The Hours of Darkness and Other Stories free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Hours of Darkness and Other Stories?

The Hours of Darkness and Other Stories is narrated by Paul Panting.