The Emerald Affair: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Raj Hotel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Emerald Affair runs 17.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Raj Hotel
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 31.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Emerald Affair | 17.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Sapphire Child | 13.6 hrs |
More narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden
Elizabeth Knowelden narrates 212 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,094 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
573 Literary Fiction 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
The Emerald Affair is book 1 of Janet Macleod Trotter's Raj Hotel series: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Knowelden, released January 1, 2020, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elizabeth Knowelden
- Released
- January 1, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
- Series
- The Raj Hotel #1
- ISBN
- 9781799749509
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Emerald Affair as an audiobook?
The Emerald Affair runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.
Is The Emerald Affair free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Emerald Affair?
The Emerald Affair is narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden.
Is The Emerald Affair worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.