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The King of Diamonds by Simon Tolkien

The King of Diamonds: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Inspector Trave series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The King of Diamonds runs 14.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Leighton Pugh (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.6listening hrs
Legal & Politicalstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The King of Diamonds at common listening paces
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1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Inspector Trave

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 37.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Inheritance13 hrs
2The King of Diamonds14.6 hrs
3Orders from Berlin10.3 hrs

About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf

287 Legal & Political 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 King of Diamonds is book 2 of Simon Tolkien's Inspector Trave series: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Leighton Pugh, released June 26, 2014, on the Legal & Political shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.6 hrs
Narrated by
Leighton Pugh
Released
June 26, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Legal & Political
Series
Inspector Trave #2
ISBN
9780007584734

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The King of Diamonds as an audiobook?

The King of Diamonds runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is The King of Diamonds free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The King of Diamonds?

The King of Diamonds is narrated by Leighton Pugh.

Is The King of Diamonds worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.