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The Vanishing of Billy Buckle: The Detective Agency's Third Case by Sally Gardner

The Vanishing of Billy Buckle: The Detective Agency's Third Case: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Fairy Detective Agency series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Vanishing of Billy Buckle: The Detective Agency's Third Case runs 3.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Russell Beale (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.1listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 3.1 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 3.1 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Vanishing of Billy Buckle: The Detective Agency's Third Case is book 3 of Sally Gardner's Fairy Detective Agency series: a 3.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Russell Beale, released August 21, 2014, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Humor shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.1 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Russell Beale
Released
August 21, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy, Humor
Series
The Fairy Detective Agency #3
ISBN
9781409156741

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Vanishing of Billy Buckle: The Detective Agency's Third Case as an audiobook?

The Vanishing of Billy Buckle: The Detective Agency's Third Case runs 3.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.

Is The Vanishing of Billy Buckle: The Detective Agency's Third Case free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Vanishing of Billy Buckle: The Detective Agency's Third Case?

The Vanishing of Billy Buckle: The Detective Agency's Third Case is narrated by Simon Russell Beale.