A Curious Beginning: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Curious Beginning runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Angele Masters (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Veronica Speedwell Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 59.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Curious Beginning | 10.9 hrs |
| 2 | A Perilous Undertaking | 12.4 hrs |
| 3 | A Treacherous Curse | 11.8 hrs |
| 4 | A Dangerous Collaboration | 12.6 hrs |
| 5 | A Murderous Relation | 11.7 hrs |
More narrated by Angele Masters
Angele Masters narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 227 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
2,406 Historical (Romance) 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
A Curious Beginning is book 1 of Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell Mysteries series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Angele Masters, released September 1, 2015, on the Historical (Romance) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Angele Masters
- Released
- September 1, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Veronica Speedwell Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781501904271
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Curious Beginning as an audiobook?
A Curious Beginning runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is A Curious Beginning free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Curious Beginning?
A Curious Beginning is narrated by Angele Masters.
Is A Curious Beginning worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.