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The Opium Purge by Elizabeth Bailey

The Opium Purge: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Lady Fan Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Opium Purge runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Esther Wane (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Mystery, Thriller & Horrorstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Opium Purge at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Lady Fan Mystery

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 23.6 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 122.8 hours in all.

About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf

8,202 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

  • The Wife Between UsGreer Hendricks · 11.5 hrs
  • Local Woman MissingMary Kubica · 11.7 hrs
  • The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth Ware · 11.2 hrs
  • The WhistlerJohn Grisham · 13.2 hrs
  • An Anonymous GirlGreer Hendricks · 11.7 hrs

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 Opium Purge is book 3 of Elizabeth Bailey's Lady Fan Mystery series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Esther Wane, released October 27, 2020, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Esther Wane
Released
October 27, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery, Thriller & Horror
Series
Lady Fan Mystery #3
ISBN
9781705249307

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Opium Purge as an audiobook?

The Opium Purge runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is The Opium Purge free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Opium Purge?

The Opium Purge is narrated by Esther Wane.

Is The Opium Purge worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.