A Lark's Tale: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Verity Lark Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Lark's Tale runs 9.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jill Smith (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 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 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 5,716 Cozy Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Verity Lark Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 48.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Lark's Tale | 9.1 hrs |
| 2 | A Lark's Flight | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | A Lark's Conceit | 9.5 hrs |
| 4 | A Lark's Release | 10.1 hrs |
| 5 | A Lark's Regret | 10.6 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
1,445 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 Lark's Tale is book 1 of Lynn Messina's Verity Lark Mysteries series: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jill Smith, released September 23, 2026, on the Cozy Mystery shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jill Smith
- Released
- September 23, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Verity Lark Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9798182649728
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Lark's Tale as an audiobook?
A Lark's Tale runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is A Lark's Tale free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Lark's Tale?
A Lark's Tale is narrated by Jill Smith.