When Red Is Black: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Inspector Chen series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When Red Is Black audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by David Shih (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Chen
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 29.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 39.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death of a Red Heroine | 17 hrs |
| 2 | A Loyal Character Dancer | 12.3 hrs |
| 3 | When Red Is Black | 10.1 hrs |
More narrated by David Shih
David Shih narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 957 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,427 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
When Red Is Black is book 3 of Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by David Shih, released February 6, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Shih
- Released
- February 6, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Chen #3
- ISBN
- 9781977371072
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the When Red Is Black audiobook?
When Red Is Black runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the When Red Is Black audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates When Red Is Black?
When Red Is Black is narrated by David Shih.
Is When Red Is Black worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.