The Nightingale Before Christmas: Audiobook
Book 18 of the Meg Langslow Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Nightingale Before Christmas runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bernadette Dunne (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Meg Langslow Mysteries
This is book 18. Books 1 to 17 run 143.3 hours before it; books 1 to 23 run 195.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder with Peacocks | 11.8 hrs |
| 2 | Murder with Puffins | 9.3 hrs |
| 3 | Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos | 8 hrs |
| 4 | Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon | 8.7 hrs |
| 5 | We'll Always Have Parrots | 7.8 hrs |
| 6 | Owls Well That Ends Well | 9 hrs |
| 7 | No Nest for the Wicket | 7 hrs |
| 8 | The Penguin Who Knew Too Much | 7.3 hrs |
| 9 | Cockatiels at Seven | 7.3 hrs |
| 10 | Six Geese A-Slaying | 7.4 hrs |
| 11 | Swan for the Money | 8 hrs |
| 12 | Stork Raving Mad | 8 hrs |
More narrated by Bernadette Dunne
Bernadette Dunne narrates 294 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,978 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,603 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 Nightingale Before Christmas is book 18 of Donna Andrews's Meg Langslow Mysteries series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Bernadette Dunne, released November 25, 2014, on the Police & Detective and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bernadette Dunne
- Released
- November 25, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Contemporary Women
- Series
- Meg Langslow Mysteries #18
- ISBN
- 9781666598650
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Nightingale Before Christmas as an audiobook?
The Nightingale Before Christmas runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is The Nightingale Before Christmas free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Nightingale Before Christmas?
The Nightingale Before Christmas is narrated by Bernadette Dunne.