The Lying Man: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Detective Kat Ballantyne series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lying Man runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ell Potter (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Kat Ballantyne
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 31 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 52 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Seventh Girl | 10.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Unseen Sister | 10.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Silent Wife | 10.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Lying Man | 10.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Rebel Son | 10.1 hrs |
More narrated by Ell Potter
Ell Potter narrates 84 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 947 hours in all.
- Hamnet
- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
- Beyond That, the Sea
- Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
- Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,300 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 Lying Man is book 4 of Andy Maslen's Detective Kat Ballantyne series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Ell Potter, released April 29, 2025, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ell Potter
- Released
- April 29, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Psychological
- Series
- Detective Kat Ballantyne #4
- ISBN
- 9781511350563
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lying Man as an audiobook?
The Lying Man runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Lying Man free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lying Man?
The Lying Man is narrated by Ell Potter.
Is The Lying Man worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.