Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Vera Stanhope series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery audiobook runs 11.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Julia Franklin (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Vera Stanhope
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.2 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 124.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Crow Trap: The First Vera Stanhope Mystery | 14.2 hrs |
| 2 | Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery | 11.6 hrs |
| 3 | Hidden Depths: A Vera Stanhope Mystery | 10.9 hrs |
| 4 | Silent Voices: A Vera Stanhope Mystery | 10.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Glass Room: The Fifth Gritty Murder Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series | 10.6 hrs |
| 6 | Harbour Street: A Vera Stanhope Mystery | 10.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Moth Catcher: A Vera Stanhope Mystery | 11.2 hrs |
| 8 | The Seagull: A Vera Stanhope Mystery | 11.3 hrs |
| 9 | The Darkest Evening: The Ninth Chilling Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series | 11.3 hrs |
| 10 | The Rising Tide: A Vera Stanhope Novel | 11.5 hrs |
| 11 | The Dark Wives: Crack the Case in the Suspenseful Eleventh Murder Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series | 11.7 hrs |
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Julia Franklin narrates 82 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 872 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,195 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery is book 2 of Ann Cleeves's Vera Stanhope series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Franklin, released August 22, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julia Franklin
- Released
- August 22, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Vera Stanhope #2
- ISBN
- 9781427288431
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery audiobook?
Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery?
Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery is narrated by Julia Franklin.
Is Telling Tales: A Vera Stanhope Mystery worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.