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Darkness Before Dawn by Anne Stuart

Darkness Before Dawn: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Maggie Bennett series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Darkness Before Dawn audiobook runs 7.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Xe Sands (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.2listening hrs
Mysterystore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Darkness Before Dawn at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Maggie Bennett

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.9 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 20.2 hours in all.

About as long, on the Mystery shelf

1,144 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

Darkness Before Dawn is book 2 of Anne Stuart's Maggie Bennett series: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Xe Sands, released April 2, 2019, on the Mystery and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.2 hrs
Narrated by
Xe Sands
Released
April 2, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
Maggie Bennett #2
ISBN
9781666589177

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Darkness Before Dawn audiobook?

Darkness Before Dawn runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.

Is the Darkness Before Dawn audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Darkness Before Dawn?

Darkness Before Dawn is narrated by Xe Sands.