The Hammett Hex: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Book Collector Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hammett Hex runs 9.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Carla Mercer-Meyer (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 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 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Book Collector Mystery
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 39.6 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 48.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Christie Curse | 9.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Sayers Swindle | 9.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Wolfe Widow | 10.4 hrs |
| 4 | The Marsh Madness | 9.6 hrs |
| 5 | The Hammett Hex | 9.1 hrs |
More narrated by Carla Mercer-Meyer
Carla Mercer-Meyer narrates 114 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 972 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,054 Police & Detective 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 Hammett Hex is book 5 of Victoria Abbott's Book Collector Mystery series: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Carla Mercer-Meyer, released October 4, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Carla Mercer-Meyer
- Released
- October 4, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Book Collector Mystery #5
- ISBN
- 9781515975533
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hammett Hex as an audiobook?
The Hammett Hex runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Hammett Hex free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hammett Hex?
The Hammett Hex is narrated by Carla Mercer-Meyer.