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The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer

The Escape Artist: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Zig and Nola series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Escape Artist runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by January LaVoy and Scott Brick (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.8listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Escape Artist at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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.

More narrated by January LaVoy

January LaVoy narrates 468 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,610 hours in all.

All January LaVoy audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,158 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 Escape Artist is book 1 of Brad Meltzer's Zig and Nola series: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by January LaVoy and Scott Brick, released March 6, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.8 hrs
Narrated by
January LaVoy, Scott Brick
Released
March 6, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Zig and Nola #1
ISBN
9781478929871

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Escape Artist as an audiobook?

The Escape Artist runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is The Escape Artist free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Escape Artist?

The Escape Artist is narrated by January LaVoy and Scott Brick.

Is The Escape Artist worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.