A Dark and Stormy Murder: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Writer's Apprentice Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dark and Stormy Murder runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rebecca Mitchell (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Writer's Apprentice Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 50 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Dark and Stormy Murder | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | Death in Dark Blue | 7.9 hrs |
| 3 | A Dark and Twisting Path | 9.7 hrs |
| 4 | Death Waits in the Dark | 8.2 hrs |
| 5 | Death With A Dark Red Rose | 8.7 hrs |
| 6 | Death Through a Dark Green Glass | 7.6 hrs |
More narrated by Rebecca Mitchell
Rebecca Mitchell narrates 217 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,814 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,091 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
- The 18th Abduction
- The People vs. Alex Cross
- Mary, Mary
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
A Dark and Stormy Murder is book 1 of Julia Buckley's Writer's Apprentice Mystery series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Rebecca Mitchell, released January 9, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rebecca Mitchell
- Released
- January 9, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Writer's Apprentice Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781977373175
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Dark and Stormy Murder as an audiobook?
A Dark and Stormy Murder runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is A Dark and Stormy Murder free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Dark and Stormy Murder?
A Dark and Stormy Murder is narrated by Rebecca Mitchell.