Vanishing Act: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Jane Whitefield series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Vanishing Act audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Joyce Bean (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Jane Whitefield
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 88.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanishing Act | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | Dance for the Dead | 12 hrs |
| 3 | Shadow Woman | 14.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Face-Changers | 15.5 hrs |
| 5 | Blood Money | 14.5 hrs |
| 6 | Runner | 13.4 hrs |
| 7 | Poison Flower: A Jane Whitefield Novel | 8.3 hrs |
More narrated by Joyce Bean
Joyce Bean narrates 289 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,877 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,825 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
Vanishing Act is book 1 of Thomas Perry's Jane Whitefield series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joyce Bean, released May 14, 2009, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joyce Bean
- Released
- May 14, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense, Fiction
- Series
- Jane Whitefield #1
- ISBN
- 9781400180257
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Vanishing Act audiobook?
Vanishing Act runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the Vanishing Act audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Vanishing Act?
Vanishing Act is narrated by Joyce Bean.
Is Vanishing Act worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.