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Outside Looking In by Michael Wood

Outside Looking In: Audiobook

Book 2 of the DCI Matilda Darke Thriller series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Outside Looking In audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Stephanie Beattie (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish Outside Looking In at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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 DCI Matilda Darke Thriller

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10 hours before it; books 1 to 13 run 153.6 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

Outside Looking In is book 2 of Michael Wood's DCI Matilda Darke Thriller series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephanie Beattie, released June 27, 2019, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Stephanie Beattie
Released
June 27, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
DCI Matilda Darke Thriller #2
ISBN
9780008367329

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Outside Looking In audiobook?

Outside Looking In runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Outside Looking In audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Outside Looking In?

Outside Looking In is narrated by Stephanie Beattie.

Is Outside Looking In worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.