The Widows Guild: Audiobook
Book 3 of the A Francis Bacon Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Widows Guild runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joel Froomkin (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 11 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Francis Bacon Mystery
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 22.3 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 73.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder by Misrule | 10.4 hrs |
| 2 | Death by Disputation | 11.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Widows Guild | 11 hrs |
| 4 | Publish and Perish | 10.4 hrs |
| 5 | Let Slip the Dogs | 9.8 hrs |
| 6 | The Spymaster's Brother | 10 hrs |
| 7 | Now and Then Stab | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Joel Froomkin
Joel Froomkin narrates 119 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,184 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,256 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 Widows Guild is book 3 of Anna Castle's A Francis Bacon Mystery series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Froomkin, released November 8, 2018, on the Police & Detective and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joel Froomkin
- Released
- November 8, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- A Francis Bacon Mystery #3
- ISBN
- 9780986413018
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Widows Guild as an audiobook?
The Widows Guild runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Widows Guild free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Widows Guild?
The Widows Guild is narrated by Joel Froomkin.
Is The Widows Guild worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.