The Venus Throw: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Roma Sub Rosa series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Venus Throw runs 12.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Scott Harrison (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Roma Sub Rosa Series
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 44.3 hours before it; books 1 to 12 run 135.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman Blood | 15 hrs |
| 2 | Arms of Nemesis | 10.5 hrs |
| 3 | Catilina’s Riddle | 18.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Venus Throw | 12.6 hrs |
| 5 | A Murder on the Appian Way | 16.6 hrs |
| 6 | The House of the Vestals: The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder | 7.8 hrs |
| 7 | Rubicon | 8.8 hrs |
| 8 | Last Seen in Massilia | 8.5 hrs |
| 9 | A Mist of Prophecies | 9.7 hrs |
| 10 | The Judgment of Caesar | 11.4 hrs |
| 11 | A Gladiator Dies Only Once: The Further Investigations of Gordianus the Finder | 8.3 hrs |
| 12 | The Triumph of Caesar | 8 hrs |
More narrated by Scott Harrison
Scott Harrison narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 88 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
6,502 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Whistler
- An Anonymous Girl
- The Judge's List
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 Venus Throw is book 4 of Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Harrison, released November 20, 2012, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Scott Harrison
- Released
- November 20, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- The Roma Sub Rosa Series #4
- ISBN
- 9781483054698
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Venus Throw as an audiobook?
The Venus Throw runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Venus Throw free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Venus Throw?
The Venus Throw is narrated by Scott Harrison.
Is The Venus Throw worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.