Marshlight: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Detective Matt Ballard series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Marshlight audiobook runs 12.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Matt Ballard
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 30.1 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 64.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beware the Past | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | Five Bloody Hearts | 9.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Dying Light | 9 hrs |
| 4 | Marshlight | 12.8 hrs |
| 5 | Trick of the Night | 10.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Bag of Secrets | 11.6 hrs |
More narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies
Matthew Lloyd Davies narrates 254 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,433 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,139 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
Marshlight is book 4 of Joy Ellis's Detective Matt Ballard series: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies, released November 2, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Released
- November 2, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Matt Ballard #4
- ISBN
- 9781666169409
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Marshlight audiobook?
Marshlight runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the Marshlight audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Marshlight?
Marshlight is narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies.
Is Marshlight worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.