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True Detective by Max Allan Collins

True Detective: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Nathan Heller series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the True Detective audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Dan John Miller (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.5listening hrs
Mystery, Thriller & Horrorstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish True Detective at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf

9,380 Mystery, Thriller & 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

True Detective is book 1 of Max Allan Collins's Nathan Heller series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Dan John Miller, released September 13, 2011, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.5 hrs
Narrated by
Dan John Miller
Released
September 13, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery, Thriller & Horror
Series
Nathan Heller #1
ISBN
9781455820948

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the True Detective audiobook?

True Detective runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.

Is the True Detective audiobook free?

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

Who narrates True Detective?

True Detective is narrated by Dan John Miller.

Is True Detective worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.