A Trouble of Fools: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Trouble of Fools runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by C.J. Critt (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.9 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 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 22.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Trouble of Fools | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Snake Tattoo | 7.3 hrs |
| 3 | Coyote | 7.6 hrs |
More narrated by C.J. Critt
C.J. Critt narrates 59 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 554 hours in all.
- Postmortem
- Body of Evidence
- Unnatural Exposure
- Cruel and Unusual
- All That Remains
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,101 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
- The 18th Abduction
- The People vs. Alex Cross
- Mary, Mary
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 Trouble of Fools is book 1 of Linda Barnes's Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by C.J. Critt, released March 25, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- C.J. Critt
- Released
- March 25, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781456124304
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Trouble of Fools as an audiobook?
A Trouble of Fools runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is A Trouble of Fools free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Trouble of Fools?
A Trouble of Fools is narrated by C.J. Critt.