The River Is Dark: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Liam Dempsey Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The River Is Dark runs 7.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eric G. Dove (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.2 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 7.2 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 5,506 Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Liam Dempsey Thriller
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 15.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The River Is Dark | 7.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Night Is Deep | 8.2 hrs |
More narrated by Eric G. Dove
Eric G. Dove narrates 258 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,363 hours in all.
About as long, on the Horror shelf
500 Horror 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 River Is Dark is book 1 of Joe Hart's A Liam Dempsey Thriller series: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric G. Dove, released October 14, 2014, on the Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Eric G. Dove
- Released
- October 14, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Horror
- Series
- A Liam Dempsey Thriller #1
- ISBN
- 9781491548738
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The River Is Dark as an audiobook?
The River Is Dark runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The River Is Dark free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The River Is Dark?
The River Is Dark is narrated by Eric G. Dove.