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The Shadow Palace by Jane Steen

The Shadow Palace: Audiobook

Book 3 of the House of Closed Doors series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shadow Palace runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elizabeth Klett (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Shadow Palace at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The House of Closed Doors

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 21.8 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 49.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The House of Closed Doors8.8 hrs
2Eternal Deception12.9 hrs
3The Shadow Palace12.1 hrs
4The Jewel Cage15.2 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,784 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 Shadow Palace is book 3 of Jane Steen's House of Closed Doors series: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Klett, released January 31, 2017, on the Police & Detective and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Elizabeth Klett
Released
January 31, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Historical (Fiction)
Series
The House of Closed Doors #3
ISBN
9781913810160

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Shadow Palace as an audiobook?

The Shadow Palace runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is The Shadow Palace free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Shadow Palace?

The Shadow Palace is narrated by Elizabeth Klett.

Is The Shadow Palace worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.