A Close Run Thing: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Matthew Hervey series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Close Run Thing runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Errick Graham (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Matthew Hervey
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 43 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Close Run Thing | 14.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Nizam's Daughters | 15 hrs |
| 3 | A Regimental Affair | 13.5 hrs |
More narrated by Errick Graham
Errick Graham narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 122 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,738 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Alice Network
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
A Close Run Thing is book 1 of Allan Mallinson's Matthew Hervey series: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Errick Graham, released November 9, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Errick Graham
- Released
- November 9, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- Matthew Hervey #1
- ISBN
- 9781510094888
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Close Run Thing as an audiobook?
A Close Run Thing runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is A Close Run Thing free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Close Run Thing?
A Close Run Thing is narrated by Errick Graham.
Is A Close Run Thing worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.