Beware the Past: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Detective Matt Ballard series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beware the Past audiobook runs 11.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Antony Ferguson (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 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 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Antony Ferguson
Antony Ferguson narrates 94 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 922 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,437 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Beware the Past is book 1 of Joy Ellis's Detective Matt Ballard series: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Antony Ferguson, released May 31, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Antony Ferguson
- Released
- May 31, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Matt Ballard #1
- ISBN
- 9781977383396
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beware the Past audiobook?
Beware the Past runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is the Beware the Past audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Beware the Past?
Beware the Past is narrated by Antony Ferguson.
Is Beware the Past worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.