Mortal Arts: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Lady Darby Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mortal Arts audiobook runs 12.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Heather Wilds (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lady Darby Mystery
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.8 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
2,557 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- Circe
- Water for Elephants
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- The Invention of Wings
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
Mortal Arts is book 2 of Anna Lee Huber's Lady Darby Mystery series: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Heather Wilds, released September 26, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Heather Wilds
- Released
- September 26, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Lady Darby Mystery #2
- ISBN
- 9781494574918
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Mortal Arts audiobook?
Mortal Arts runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the Mortal Arts audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Mortal Arts?
Mortal Arts is narrated by Heather Wilds.
Is Mortal Arts worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.