The Blue Hour: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Merci Rayborn series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Blue Hour runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tavia Gilbert (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Merci Rayborn
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 24 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Blue Hour | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | Red Light | 11.7 hrs |
More narrated by Tavia Gilbert
Tavia Gilbert narrates 651 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,675 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,009 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Whistler
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
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 Blue Hour is book 1 of T. Jefferson Parker's Merci Rayborn series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert, released October 29, 2009, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tavia Gilbert
- Released
- October 29, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Merci Rayborn #1
- ISBN
- 9781423355717
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Blue Hour as an audiobook?
The Blue Hour runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Blue Hour free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Blue Hour?
The Blue Hour is narrated by Tavia Gilbert.
Is The Blue Hour worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.