The Ambitious Card: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Eli Marks Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ambitious Card runs 9.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Cunningham (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Eli Marks Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 46.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ambitious Card | 9.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Bullet Catch | 8.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Miser’s Dream | 8 hrs |
| 4 | The Linking Rings | 8.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Floating Light Bulb: An Eli Marks Mystery | 8.2 hrs |
| 6 | The Zombie Ball: An Eli Marks Mystery | 4.9 hrs |
More narrated by Jim Cunningham
Jim Cunningham narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 213 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,030 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
The Ambitious Card is book 1 of John Gaspard's Eli Marks Mysteries series: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Cunningham, released July 3, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Cunningham
- Released
- July 3, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Eli Marks Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781982545291
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ambitious Card as an audiobook?
The Ambitious Card runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Ambitious Card free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ambitious Card?
The Ambitious Card is narrated by Jim Cunningham.