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The Purging Fire by Marlene Mesot

The Purging Fire: Audiobook

Book 1 of the 4 Elements of Mystery series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Purging Fire runs 6.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Timothy G Little (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.4listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Purging Fire at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.4 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on 4 Elements of Mystery

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 12.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Purging Fire6.4 hrs
2Snowball Effect The5.9 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,672 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 Purging Fire is book 1 of Marlene Mesot's 4 Elements of Mystery series: a 6.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Timothy G Little, released September 25, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.4 hrs
Narrated by
Timothy G Little
Released
September 25, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
4 Elements of Mystery #1
ISBN
9781734739336

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Purging Fire as an audiobook?

The Purging Fire runs 6.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is The Purging Fire free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Purging Fire?

The Purging Fire is narrated by Timothy G Little.