A Familiar Tail: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Witch's Cat Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Familiar Tail runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elise Arsenault (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Witch's Cat Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 33.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Familiar Tail | 11.3 hrs |
| 2 | By Familiar Means | 11.1 hrs |
| 3 | Familiar Motives | 11 hrs |
More narrated by Elise Arsenault
Elise Arsenault narrates 140 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,267 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,772 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 Familiar Tail is book 1 of Delia James's Witch's Cat Mystery series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Elise Arsenault, released June 6, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elise Arsenault
- Released
- June 6, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Witch's Cat Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781541475793
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Familiar Tail as an audiobook?
A Familiar Tail runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is A Familiar Tail free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Familiar Tail?
A Familiar Tail is narrated by Elise Arsenault.
Is A Familiar Tail worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.