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The Trail of the Serpent by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

The Trail of the Serpent: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Trail of the Serpent runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eloise Fairfax (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Trail of the Serpent at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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

What our data says

  • At 14 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,219 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 Trail of the Serpent is an audiobook by Mary Elizabeth Braddon: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Eloise Fairfax, released December 30, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14 hrs
Narrated by
Eloise Fairfax
Released
December 30, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
ISBN
9781802569841

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Trail of the Serpent as an audiobook?

The Trail of the Serpent runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.

Is The Trail of the Serpent free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Trail of the Serpent?

The Trail of the Serpent is narrated by Eloise Fairfax.

Is The Trail of the Serpent worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.