The Ides of April: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Flavia Albia Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ides of April runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lucy Brown (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 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 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Flavia Albia Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 79.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ides of April | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | Enemies at Home | 10.8 hrs |
| 3 | Deadly Election | 11.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Graveyard of the Hesperides | 11.7 hrs |
| 5 | The Third Nero | 12.3 hrs |
| 6 | Pandora’s Boy | 10.9 hrs |
| 7 | A Capitol Death | 11.2 hrs |
More narrated by Lucy Brown
Lucy Brown narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 55 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,151 Police & Detective 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 Ides of April is book 1 of Lindsey Davis's Flavia Albia Mysteries series: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Brown, released June 11, 2013, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lucy Brown
- Released
- June 11, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Flavia Albia Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781482100808
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ides of April as an audiobook?
The Ides of April runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is The Ides of April free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ides of April?
The Ides of April is narrated by Lucy Brown.
Is The Ides of April worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.