The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Martin Beck Police Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery runs 5.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Weiner (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.6 hours, it is shorter than 85% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Martin Beck Police Mysteries
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 12.2 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 69.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roseanna: A Martin Beck Police Mystery | 6.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Man Who Went Up in Smoke: A Martin Beck Police Mystery | 5.6 hrs |
| 3 | The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery | 5.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Laughing Policeman | 6.7 hrs |
| 5 | The Fire Engine That Disappeared: The Story of a Crime | A Martin Beck Police Story | 7.2 hrs |
| 6 | Murder at the Savoy | 6.5 hrs |
| 7 | The Abominable Man: A Martin Beck Police Mystery | 5.5 hrs |
| 8 | The Locked Room | 8.5 hrs |
| 9 | Cop Killer: A Martin Beck Police Mystery | 8.1 hrs |
| 10 | The Terrorists: A Martin Beck Police Mystery | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Tom Weiner
Tom Weiner narrates 201 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,000 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,715 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 Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery is book 3 of Maj Sjöwall's Martin Beck Police Mysteries series: a 5.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Weiner, released February 10, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Weiner
- Released
- February 10, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Martin Beck Police Mysteries #3
- ISBN
- 9781481552172
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery as an audiobook?
The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery runs 5.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery?
The Man on the Balcony: A Martin Beck Police Mystery is narrated by Tom Weiner.