The Hollow of Fear: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Lady Sherlock series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hollow of Fear runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Reading (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Lady Sherlock Series
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 21.5 hours before it; books 1 to 9 run 109.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Study In Scarlet Women | 11 hrs |
| 2 | A Conspiracy in Belgravia | 10.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Hollow of Fear | 10.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Art of Theft | 10.3 hrs |
| 5 | Murder on Cold Street | 13.3 hrs |
| 6 | Miss Moriarty, I Presume? | 13 hrs |
| 7 | A Tempest at Sea | 13.8 hrs |
| 8 | A Ruse of Shadows | 13.1 hrs |
| 9 | The Vanished Sister | 13.5 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Reading
Kate Reading narrates 461 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,969 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
4,065 Contemporary Women 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 Hollow of Fear is book 3 of Sherry Thomas's Lady Sherlock series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released December 9, 2025, on the Contemporary Women and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Reading
- Released
- December 9, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, BIPOC Stories & Voices, Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- The Lady Sherlock Series #3
- ISBN
- 9798217346653
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hollow of Fear as an audiobook?
The Hollow of Fear runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Hollow of Fear free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hollow of Fear?
The Hollow of Fear is narrated by Kate Reading.
Is The Hollow of Fear worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.