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Dead Letter by Betsy Byars

Dead Letter: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Herculeah Jones Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dead Letter audiobook runs 2.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Lauren Davis (about 1.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.7listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dead Letter at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day6 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 2.7 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Herculeah Jones Mystery

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 5.6 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 19.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Dark Stairs2.4 hrs
2Tarot Says Beware3.2 hrs
3Dead Letter2.7 hrs
4Death's Door2.8 hrs
5Disappearing Acts2.5 hrs
6King of Murder2.5 hrs
7The Black Tower3.3 hrs

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

Dead Letter is book 3 of Betsy Byars's Herculeah Jones Mystery series: a 2.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Lauren Davis, released April 2, 2019, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.7 hrs
Narrated by
Lauren Davis
Released
April 2, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
Series
Herculeah Jones Mystery #3
ISBN
9780525629733

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dead Letter audiobook?

Dead Letter runs 2.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.8 hours.

Is the Dead Letter audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dead Letter?

Dead Letter is narrated by Lauren Davis.