The Boy's Tale: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Dame Frevisse Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Boy's Tale runs 7.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Duerden (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.1 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Dame Frevisse Mystery
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 28.1 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 42.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Novice’s Tale | 7.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Servant’s Tale | 8.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Outlaw’s Tale | 6.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Bishop's Tale | 5.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Boy's Tale | 7.1 hrs |
| 6 | The Murderer's Tale | 7.1 hrs |
More narrated by Susan Duerden
Susan Duerden narrates 194 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,902 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,917 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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
The Boy's Tale is book 5 of Margaret Frazer's Dame Frevisse Mystery series: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Duerden, released September 14, 2026, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Duerden
- Released
- September 14, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Dame Frevisse Mystery #5
- ISBN
- 9798318565120
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Boy's Tale as an audiobook?
The Boy's Tale runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The Boy's Tale free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Boy's Tale?
The Boy's Tale is narrated by Susan Duerden.