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The Purple Bird Mystery by Ellery Queen

The Purple Bird Mystery: Audiobook

Book 1966 of the Ellery Queen Jr. Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Purple Bird Mystery runs 5.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Traber Burns (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.2listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Purple Bird Mystery at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.2 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf

709 Mystery & Fantasy 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 Purple Bird Mystery is book 1966 of Ellery Queen's Ellery Queen Jr. Mysteries series: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Traber Burns, released November 1, 2015, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.2 hrs
Narrated by
Traber Burns
Released
November 1, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
The Ellery Queen Jr. Mysteries #1966
ISBN
9781482100549

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Purple Bird Mystery as an audiobook?

The Purple Bird Mystery runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is The Purple Bird Mystery free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Purple Bird Mystery?

The Purple Bird Mystery is narrated by Traber Burns.