The Malice of Waves: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Sea Detective series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Malice of Waves runs 9.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Monteath (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.4 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 9.4 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Sea Detective
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 21.2 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 39.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sea Detective | 10.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Woman Who Walked into the Sea | 10.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Malice of Waves | 9.4 hrs |
| 4 | The Driftwood Girls | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by David Monteath
David Monteath narrates 95 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,061 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,987 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 Malice of Waves is book 3 of Mark Douglas-Home's Sea Detective series: a 9.4-hour unabridged recording, read by David Monteath, released May 19, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Monteath
- Released
- May 19, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Sea Detective #3
- ISBN
- 9781405927529
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Malice of Waves as an audiobook?
The Malice of Waves runs 9.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The Malice of Waves free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Malice of Waves?
The Malice of Waves is narrated by David Monteath.