A Deceptive Composition: Audiobook
Book 12 of the Lady Darby Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Deceptive Composition runs 10.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Heather Wilds (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lady Darby Mystery
This is book 12. Books 1 to 11 run 128.6 hours before it; books 1 to 14 run 159.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Anatomist's Wife | 11.8 hrs |
| 2 | Mortal Arts | 12.8 hrs |
| 3 | A Grave Matter | 13.7 hrs |
| 4 | A Study in Death | 10.9 hrs |
| 5 | As Death Draws Near | 11.1 hrs |
| 6 | A Brush With Shadows | 12.2 hrs |
| 7 | An Artless Demise | 11.4 hrs |
| 8 | A Stroke of Malice | 11.5 hrs |
| 9 | A Wicked Conceit | 11.2 hrs |
| 10 | A Perilous Perspective | 11.5 hrs |
| 11 | A Fatal Illusion | 10.5 hrs |
| 12 | A Deceptive Composition | 10.6 hrs |
More narrated by Heather Wilds
Heather Wilds narrates 188 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,853 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,760 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 Deceptive Composition is book 12 of Anna Lee Huber's Lady Darby Mystery series: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Heather Wilds, released June 18, 2024, on the Police & Detective and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Heather Wilds
- Released
- June 18, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Lady Darby Mystery #12
- ISBN
- 9798855538526
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Deceptive Composition as an audiobook?
A Deceptive Composition runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is A Deceptive Composition free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Deceptive Composition?
A Deceptive Composition is narrated by Heather Wilds.
Is A Deceptive Composition worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.