After Dark: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ghost Hunters series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the After Dark audiobook runs 9.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.3 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 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 8,772 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ghost Hunters
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 47.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | After Dark | 9.3 hrs |
| 2 | After Glow | 10.4 hrs |
| 3 | Ghost Hunter | 9.1 hrs |
| 4 | Silver Master | 9.6 hrs |
| 5 | Dark Light | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
- Always the Last to Know
- Between Sisters
- The Villa
- Gentle Rogue
- A Loving Scoundrel
About as long, on the Paranormal shelf
1,661 Paranormal 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
After Dark is book 1 of Jayne Castle's Ghost Hunters series: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released June 15, 2026, on the Mystery and Paranormal shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- June 15, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Paranormal
- Series
- Ghost Hunters #1
- ISBN
- 9798318553905
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the After Dark audiobook?
After Dark runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is the After Dark audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates After Dark?
After Dark is narrated by Laural Merlington.