A Ghastly Spectacle: Audiobook
Book 7 of the Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Ghastly Spectacle runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jill Smith (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 |
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What our data says
- At 7.9 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 5,716 Cozy Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 51.5 hours before it; books 1 to 14 run 119.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Brazen Curiosity | 7.5 hrs |
| 2 | A Scandalous Deception | 7.4 hrs |
| 3 | An Infamous Betrayal | 7.8 hrs |
| 4 | A Nefarious Engagement | 7.9 hrs |
| 5 | A Treacherous Performance | 10.6 hrs |
| 6 | A Sinister Establishment | 10.3 hrs |
| 7 | A Ghastly Spectacle | 7.9 hrs |
| 8 | A Malevolent Connection | 8.6 hrs |
| 9 | An Ominous Explosion | 8.1 hrs |
| 10 | An Extravagant Duplicity | 8.9 hrs |
| 11 | A Murderous Tryst | 8.8 hrs |
| 12 | A Vicious Machination | 8.6 hrs |
More narrated by Jill Smith
Jill Smith narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 901 hours in all.
About as long, on the Cozy Mystery shelf
1,508 Cozy Mystery 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 Ghastly Spectacle is book 7 of Lynn Messina's Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jill Smith, released September 28, 2026, on the Cozy Mystery shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jill Smith
- Released
- September 28, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries #7
- ISBN
- 9798182654678
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Ghastly Spectacle as an audiobook?
A Ghastly Spectacle runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is A Ghastly Spectacle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Ghastly Spectacle?
A Ghastly Spectacle is narrated by Jill Smith.