The Black Tower: Audiobook
Book 7 of the Herculeah Jones Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Tower runs 3.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lauren Davis (about 2.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.3 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Herculeah Jones Mystery
This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 16.1 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 19.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Stairs | 2.4 hrs |
| 2 | Tarot Says Beware | 3.2 hrs |
| 3 | Dead Letter | 2.7 hrs |
| 4 | Death's Door | 2.8 hrs |
| 5 | Disappearing Acts | 2.5 hrs |
| 6 | King of Murder | 2.5 hrs |
| 7 | The Black Tower | 3.3 hrs |
More narrated by Lauren Davis
Lauren Davis narrates 49 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 173 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
808 Non-fiction (Kids) 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
The Black Tower is book 7 of Betsy Byars's Herculeah Jones Mystery series: a 3.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lauren Davis, released July 21, 2020, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Non-fiction (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lauren Davis
- Released
- July 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- Herculeah Jones Mystery #7
- ISBN
- 9780525624196
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Tower as an audiobook?
The Black Tower runs 3.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.2 hours.
Is The Black Tower free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Black Tower?
The Black Tower is narrated by Lauren Davis.