The Essence of Malice: A Mystery: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Amory Ames Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Essence of Malice: A Mystery runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alison Larkin (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Amory Ames Mystery
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 31.2 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 41.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder at the Brightwell | 11.8 hrs |
| 2 | Death Wears A Mask | 9.9 hrs |
| 3 | A Most Novel Revenge: A Mystery | 9.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Essence of Malice: A Mystery | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Alison Larkin
Alison Larkin narrates 151 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,593 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,541 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 Essence of Malice: A Mystery is book 4 of Ashley Weaver's Amory Ames Mystery series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Alison Larkin, released September 5, 2017, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alison Larkin
- Released
- September 5, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Amory Ames Mystery #4
- ISBN
- 9781666590906
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Essence of Malice: A Mystery as an audiobook?
The Essence of Malice: A Mystery runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is The Essence of Malice: A Mystery free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Essence of Malice: A Mystery?
The Essence of Malice: A Mystery is narrated by Alison Larkin.
Is The Essence of Malice: A Mystery worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.6 hours, saving 3.3 hours.