Lion in the Valley: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Amelia Peabody Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Lion in the Valley audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Amelia Peabody Mysteries
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 32.7 hours before it; books 1 to 19 run 267.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crocodile on the Sandbank | 8.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Curse of the Pharaohs | 11.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Mummy Case | 12.3 hrs |
| 4 | Lion in the Valley | 12.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Deeds of the Disturber | 14 hrs |
| 6 | The Last Camel Died at Noon | 15.6 hrs |
| 7 | The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog | 15.2 hrs |
| 8 | The Hippopotamus Pool | 14.5 hrs |
| 9 | Seeing a Large Cat | 14.5 hrs |
| 10 | The Ape Who Guards the Balance | 15.6 hrs |
| 11 | The Falcon at the Portal | 15.4 hrs |
| 12 | He Shall Thunder in the Sky | 17.2 hrs |
More narrated by Barbara Rosenblat
Barbara Rosenblat narrates 247 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,371 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,345 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Places
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
Other recordings
- The 1999 recording read by Susan O’malley runs 1.7 hours shorter (10.8 hours).
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
Lion in the Valley is book 4 of Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody Mysteries series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Barbara Rosenblat, released August 19, 2004, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barbara Rosenblat
- Released
- August 19, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Amelia Peabody Mysteries #4
- ISBN
- 9781440781056
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Lion in the Valley audiobook?
Lion in the Valley runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the Lion in the Valley audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Lion in the Valley?
Lion in the Valley is narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.
Is Lion in the Valley worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.