The Darkness Gathers: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Lydia Strong series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Darkness Gathers runs 9.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Emily Beresford (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lydia Strong
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 7.9 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 44.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angel Fire | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Darkness Gathers | 9.9 hrs |
| 3 | Twice | 12.8 hrs |
| 4 | Smoke | 13.8 hrs |
More narrated by Emily Beresford
Emily Beresford narrates 236 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,905 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
3,178 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
- The Maid
- The Crash
- The Family Upstairs
- The Girl Before
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 Darkness Gathers is book 2 of Lisa Unger's Lydia Strong series: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Emily Beresford, released October 2, 2012, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emily Beresford
- Released
- October 2, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Lydia Strong #2
- ISBN
- 9781469229263
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Darkness Gathers as an audiobook?
The Darkness Gathers runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Darkness Gathers free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Darkness Gathers?
The Darkness Gathers is narrated by Emily Beresford.