The Novice’s Tale: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dame Frevisse Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Novice’s Tale runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Duerden (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Dame Frevisse Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 42.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Novice’s Tale | 7.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Servant’s Tale | 8.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Outlaw’s Tale | 6.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Bishop's Tale | 5.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Boy's Tale | 7.1 hrs |
| 6 | The Murderer's Tale | 7.1 hrs |
More narrated by Susan Duerden
Susan Duerden narrates 194 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,902 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
8,579 Mystery, Thriller & Horror 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 Novice’s Tale is book 1 of Margaret Frazer's Dame Frevisse Mystery series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Duerden, released January 28, 2020, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Duerden
- Released
- January 28, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- Dame Frevisse Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781977365651
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Novice’s Tale as an audiobook?
The Novice’s Tale runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is The Novice’s Tale free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Novice’s Tale?
The Novice’s Tale is narrated by Susan Duerden.