A Deeper Darkness: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sam Owens series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Deeper Darkness runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joyce Bean (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 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 |
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 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sam Owens
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 19.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Deeper Darkness | 10 hrs |
| 2 | Edge of Black | 9.9 hrs |
More narrated by Joyce Bean
Joyce Bean narrates 289 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,877 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
3,171 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
- The Maid
- The Crash
- The Family Upstairs
- The Girl Before
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 Deeper Darkness is book 1 of J.T. Ellison's Sam Owens series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Joyce Bean, released April 17, 2012, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joyce Bean
- Released
- April 17, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Sam Owens #1
- ISBN
- 9781611063141
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Deeper Darkness as an audiobook?
A Deeper Darkness runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is A Deeper Darkness free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Deeper Darkness?
A Deeper Darkness is narrated by Joyce Bean.
Is A Deeper Darkness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.6 hours, saving 3.3 hours.