A Stroke of Malice: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Lady Darby Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Stroke of Malice runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Heather Wilds (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lady Darby Mystery
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 83.9 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 Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,373 Historical (Fiction) 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 Stroke of Malice is book 8 of Anna Lee Huber's Lady Darby Mystery series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Heather Wilds, released April 21, 2020, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Heather Wilds
- Released
- April 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Lady Darby Mystery #8
- ISBN
- 9781977332974
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Stroke of Malice as an audiobook?
A Stroke of Malice runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is A Stroke of Malice free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Stroke of Malice?
A Stroke of Malice is narrated by Heather Wilds.
Is A Stroke of Malice worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.