The Darkest Evening: The Ninth Chilling Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series: Audiobook
Book 9 of the Vera Stanhope series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Darkest Evening: The Ninth Chilling Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Janine Birkett (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Vera Stanhope
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 90.1 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 |
More narrated by Janine Birkett
Janine Birkett narrates 23 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 273 hours in all.
- The Rising Tide: A Vera Stanhope Novel
- The Moth Catcher: A Vera Stanhope Mystery
- Harbour Street: A Vera Stanhope Mystery
- The Seagull: A Vera Stanhope Mystery
- The Moth Catcher: The Seventh Gripping Murder Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,299 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
The Darkest Evening: The Ninth Chilling Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series is book 9 of Ann Cleeves's Vera Stanhope series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Janine Birkett, released September 3, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Janine Birkett
- Released
- September 3, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Vera Stanhope #9
- ISBN
- 9781509889549
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Darkest Evening: The Ninth Chilling Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series as an audiobook?
The Darkest Evening: The Ninth Chilling Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is The Darkest Evening: The Ninth Chilling Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Darkest Evening: The Ninth Chilling Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series?
The Darkest Evening: The Ninth Chilling Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series is narrated by Janine Birkett.
Is The Darkest Evening: The Ninth Chilling Mystery in the Vera Stanhope Series worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.