The Third Nero: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Flavia Albia Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Third Nero runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lucy Brown (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Flavia Albia Mysteries
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 45 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 79.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ides of April | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | Enemies at Home | 10.8 hrs |
| 3 | Deadly Election | 11.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Graveyard of the Hesperides | 11.7 hrs |
| 5 | The Third Nero | 12.3 hrs |
| 6 | Pandora’s Boy | 10.9 hrs |
| 7 | A Capitol Death | 11.2 hrs |
More narrated by Lucy Brown
Lucy Brown narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 55 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,554 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 Third Nero is book 5 of Lindsey Davis's Flavia Albia Mysteries series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Brown, released July 11, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lucy Brown
- Released
- July 11, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Flavia Albia Mysteries #5
- ISBN
- 9781504791878
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Third Nero as an audiobook?
The Third Nero runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Third Nero free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Third Nero?
The Third Nero is narrated by Lucy Brown.
Is The Third Nero worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.