Death in Dark Blue: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Writer's Apprentice Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Death in Dark Blue audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Rebecca Mitchell (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Writer's Apprentice Mystery
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 7.9 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 50 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Dark and Stormy Murder | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | Death in Dark Blue | 7.9 hrs |
| 3 | A Dark and Twisting Path | 9.7 hrs |
| 4 | Death Waits in the Dark | 8.2 hrs |
| 5 | Death With A Dark Red Rose | 8.7 hrs |
| 6 | Death Through a Dark Green Glass | 7.6 hrs |
More narrated by Rebecca Mitchell
Rebecca Mitchell narrates 217 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,814 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,089 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
- The 18th Abduction
- The People vs. Alex Cross
- Mary, Mary
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
Death in Dark Blue is book 2 of Julia Buckley's Writer's Apprentice Mystery series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Rebecca Mitchell, released January 30, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rebecca Mitchell
- Released
- January 30, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Writer's Apprentice Mystery #2
- ISBN
- 9781977373182
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Death in Dark Blue audiobook?
Death in Dark Blue runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is the Death in Dark Blue audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Death in Dark Blue?
Death in Dark Blue is narrated by Rebecca Mitchell.