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A Dangerous Talent by Charlotte Elkins, Aaron Elkins

A Dangerous Talent: Audiobook

Book 1 of the An Alix London Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dangerous Talent runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Rudd (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Dangerous Talent at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on An Alix London Mystery

This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 32.5 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,662 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

A Dangerous Talent is book 1 of Charlotte Elkins's An Alix London Mystery series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Rudd, released May 1, 2012, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Kate Rudd
Released
May 1, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
Series
An Alix London Mystery #1
ISBN
9781469200040

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Dangerous Talent as an audiobook?

A Dangerous Talent runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is A Dangerous Talent free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Dangerous Talent?

A Dangerous Talent is narrated by Kate Rudd.