Audiobooks Like The Valley of Fear

Simon Prebble narrates The Valley of Fear with the measured confidence of a narrator who has spent serious time in the Victorian detective world — his Holmes is authoritative without being theatrical, and the six-hour runtime suits the novel's two-part structure without feeling rushed. Seven of the recommendations share his narration, three carry Doyle's authorship, and the full list stays in the same classic-mystery register where the pleasure is in the craft of the puzzle as much as its solution.

10 audiobooks for fans of The Valley of Fear

  1. 1
    Sherlock cover

    Sherlock

    by Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat

    Narrated by Simon Vance, Mark Gatiss

    3.90 ABR Score (491 ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (457) ★ 4.85 Audible (34)
    25h 17m listening time • Released 2017
  2. 2
    Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia (The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Book 4) cover

    Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia (The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Book 4)

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Book 1

    by Arthur Conan Doyle

    Narrated by Mark Young

    3.82 ABR Score (12.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (12.7K)
  3. 3
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    The Man with the Twisted Lip - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Book 6

    by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edward Raleigh

    Narrated by Saethon Williams

    3.76 ABR Score (7.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (7.3K)
  4. 4
    The Knocker on Death's Door cover

    The Knocker on Death's Door

    The Felse Investigations • Book 10

    by Ellis Peters

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.85 ABR Score (992 ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (857) ★ 4.39 Audible (135)
    7h 15m listening time • Released 2009

    Simon Prebble's dry precision cuts through Peters' layered mystery like a scalpel—he makes you feel the weight of each clue and false lead as the Gothic curse dissolves into something far more human and sinister.

  5. 5
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    Death and the Joyful Woman

    The Felse Investigations • Book 2

    by Ellis Peters

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.82 ABR Score (1.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (1.0K) ★ 4.44 Audible (131)
    7h 25m listening time • Released 2009
  6. 6
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    Rainbow's End

    The Felse Investigations • Book 13

    by Ellis Peters

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.82 ABR Score (732 ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (645) ★ 4.4 Audible (87)
    7h 5m listening time • Released 2009
  7. 7
    Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart cover

    Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Heart

    The Felse Investigations • Book 6

    by Ellis Peters

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.81 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (927) ★ 4.45 Audible (88)
    7h 30m listening time • Released 2010

    Simon Prebble's measured, intelligent delivery transforms this folk-music mystery into something genuinely unsettling—he nails the tension between surface civility and simmering violence that Peters weaves through the weekend at Follymead.

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    The Piper on the Mountain cover

    The Piper on the Mountain

    The Felse Investigations • Book 5

    by Ellis Peters

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.81 ABR Score (804 ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (704) ★ 4.47 Audible (100)
    6h 59m listening time • Released 2009
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    A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs cover

    A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs

    The Felse Investigations • Book 4

    by Ellis Peters

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.81 ABR Score (1.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (952) ★ 4.38 Audible (164)
    7h 14m listening time • Released 2009
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    The House of Green Turf cover

    The House of Green Turf

    The Felse Investigations • Book 8

    by Ellis Peters

    Narrated by Simon Prebble

    3.77 ABR Score (715 ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (613) ★ 4.28 Audible (102)
    7h 9m listening time • Released 2009

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