The Lizard's Bite: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Nic Costa series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lizard's Bite runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Saul Reichlin (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 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 13 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Nic Costa
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 43.2 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 70.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 | 13.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Villa of Mysteries | 16.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Sacred Cut | 13.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Lizard's Bite | 13 hrs |
| 5 | The Seventh Sacrament | 14.2 hrs |
More narrated by Saul Reichlin
Saul Reichlin narrates 130 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,615 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,528 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Whistler
- The Terminal List
- Rules of Prey
- Savage Son
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
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 Lizard's Bite is book 4 of David Hewson's Nic Costa series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Saul Reichlin, released August 1, 2006, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Saul Reichlin
- Released
- August 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Nic Costa #4
- ISBN
- 9781846320415
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lizard's Bite as an audiobook?
The Lizard's Bite runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is The Lizard's Bite free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lizard's Bite?
The Lizard's Bite is narrated by Saul Reichlin.
Is The Lizard's Bite worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.