The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Victorian Mystery (Rowland) series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alex Tregear (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Victorian Mystery (Rowland)
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 81.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery | 12.5 hrs |
| 2 | A Mortal Likeness: A Victorian Mystery | 10.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Hangman's Secret | 10.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Woman in the Veil: A Victorian Mystery | 11.2 hrs |
| 5 | Portrait of Peril | 12.3 hrs |
| 6 | Garden of Sins | 12.2 hrs |
| 7 | River of Fallen Angels | 11.8 hrs |
More narrated by Alex Tregear
Alex Tregear narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 368 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,358 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
- Finders Keepers
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 Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery is book 1 of Laura Joh Rowland's Victorian Mystery (Rowland) series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Tregear, released January 10, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Tregear
- Released
- January 10, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Victorian Mystery (Rowland) #1
- ISBN
- 9781666601053
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery as an audiobook?
The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery?
The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery is narrated by Alex Tregear.
Is The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.