The Tragedy of X: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Drury Lane Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tragedy of X runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Peckham (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Drury Lane Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 42.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Tragedy of X | 12 hrs |
| 2 | The Tragedy of Y: The Second Drury Lane Mystery | 12.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Tragedy of Z | 8.1 hrs |
| 4 | Drury Lane’s Last Case | 10.5 hrs |
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Mark Peckham narrates 66 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 534 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,912 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 Tragedy of X is book 1 of Ellery Queen's Drury Lane Mysteries series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Peckham, released September 1, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Peckham
- Released
- September 1, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Drury Lane Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781482100068
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tragedy of X as an audiobook?
The Tragedy of X runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Tragedy of X free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tragedy of X?
The Tragedy of X is narrated by Mark Peckham.
Is The Tragedy of X worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.