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The Now-and-Then Detective: A Jack Starkey Mystery by William Wells

The Now-and-Then Detective: A Jack Starkey Mystery: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Jack Starkey series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Now-and-Then Detective: A Jack Starkey Mystery runs 6.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Donald Corren (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.3 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,619 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 Now-and-Then Detective: A Jack Starkey Mystery is book 3 of William Wells's Jack Starkey series: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Donald Corren, released June 2, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.3 hrs
Narrated by
Donald Corren
Released
June 2, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Jack Starkey Series #3
ISBN
9781094166926

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Now-and-Then Detective: A Jack Starkey Mystery as an audiobook?

The Now-and-Then Detective: A Jack Starkey Mystery runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is The Now-and-Then Detective: A Jack Starkey Mystery free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Now-and-Then Detective: A Jack Starkey Mystery?

The Now-and-Then Detective: A Jack Starkey Mystery is narrated by Donald Corren.