A Dangerous Train of Thought: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Val & Arbie Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dangerous Train of Thought runs 8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Hopkins (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Val & Arbie Mysteries
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 16.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 24.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder by Candlelight | 8.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Last Word Is Death | 7.9 hrs |
| 3 | A Dangerous Train of Thought | 8 hrs |
More narrated by John Hopkins
John Hopkins narrates 49 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 513 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,368 Suspense 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 Train of Thought is book 3 of Faith Martin's Val & Arbie Mysteries series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by John Hopkins, released January 15, 2026, on the Suspense and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Hopkins
- Released
- January 15, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- The Val & Arbie Mysteries #3
- ISBN
- 9780008738402
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Dangerous Train of Thought as an audiobook?
A Dangerous Train of Thought runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is A Dangerous Train of Thought free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Dangerous Train of Thought?
A Dangerous Train of Thought is narrated by John Hopkins.