The Mortal Blow: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Lady Fan Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mortal Blow runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Esther Wane (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 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 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Lady Fan Mystery
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 47 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 122.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gilded Shroud | 11.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Deathly Portent | 12 hrs |
| 3 | The Opium Purge | 12 hrs |
| 4 | The Candlelit Coffin | 11.4 hrs |
| 5 | The Mortal Blow | 11.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Fateful Marriage | 10.4 hrs |
| 7 | The Dagger Dance | 11.2 hrs |
| 8 | The Unwanted Corpse | 11.2 hrs |
| 9 | The Vengeance Trail | 10.9 hrs |
| 10 | The Hanging Cheat | 10.4 hrs |
| 11 | The Killing Cave | 10.4 hrs |
More narrated by Esther Wane
Esther Wane narrates 363 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,444 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
9,738 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Guest List
- The Wife Between Us
- None of This is True
- Local Woman Missing
- The Woman in Cabin 10
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 Mortal Blow is book 5 of Elizabeth Bailey's Lady Fan Mystery series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Esther Wane, released January 19, 2021, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Esther Wane
- Released
- January 19, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Lady Fan Mystery #5
- ISBN
- 9781705249345
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mortal Blow as an audiobook?
The Mortal Blow runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Mortal Blow free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mortal Blow?
The Mortal Blow is narrated by Esther Wane.
Is The Mortal Blow worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.