Why Mermaids Sing: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why Mermaids Sing audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Davina Porter (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 22 hours before it; books 1 to 21 run 222.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Angels Fear | 11.8 hrs |
| 2 | When Gods Die | 10.2 hrs |
| 3 | Why Mermaids Sing | 8.5 hrs |
| 4 | Where Serpents Sleep | 10 hrs |
| 5 | What Remains of Heaven | 8.7 hrs |
| 6 | Where Shadows Dance | 9.4 hrs |
| 7 | When Maidens Mourn | 10.4 hrs |
| 8 | What Darkness Brings | 11.2 hrs |
| 9 | Why Kings Confess | 10.8 hrs |
| 10 | Who Buries the Dead | 10.6 hrs |
| 11 | When Falcons Fall | 10.9 hrs |
| 12 | Where the Dead Lie | 10.6 hrs |
More narrated by Davina Porter
Davina Porter narrates 183 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,579 hours in all.
- Outlander
- Dragonfly in Amber
- Voyager
- Drums of Autumn
- The Fiery Cross
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,881 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
Why Mermaids Sing is book 3 of C.S. Harris's Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Davina Porter, released October 2, 2015, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Davina Porter
- Released
- October 2, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries #3
- ISBN
- 9781490661780
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Why Mermaids Sing audiobook?
Why Mermaids Sing runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
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Who narrates Why Mermaids Sing?
Why Mermaids Sing is narrated by Davina Porter.