A Dark and Twisting Path: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Writer's Apprentice Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dark and Twisting Path runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ann Marie Lee (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Writer's Apprentice Mystery
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 15.8 hours before it; 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 Ann Marie Lee
Ann Marie Lee narrates 198 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,137 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,831 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
A Dark and Twisting Path is book 3 of Julia Buckley's Writer's Apprentice Mystery series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ann Marie Lee, released July 31, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ann Marie Lee
- Released
- July 31, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Writer's Apprentice Mystery #3
- ISBN
- 9781977373199
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Dark and Twisting Path as an audiobook?
A Dark and Twisting Path runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is A Dark and Twisting Path free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Dark and Twisting Path?
A Dark and Twisting Path is narrated by Ann Marie Lee.