The Matchbox Mysteries: The Detective Agency's Fourth Case: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Fairy Detective Agency series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Matchbox Mysteries: The Detective Agency's Fourth Case runs 3.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Russell Beale (about 2.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 3.5 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale narrates 48 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 344 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf
407 Mystery & Fantasy 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 Matchbox Mysteries: The Detective Agency's Fourth Case is book 4 of Sally Gardner's Fairy Detective Agency series: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Russell Beale, released October 23, 2014, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Humor shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Russell Beale
- Released
- October 23, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Fantasy, Humor
- Series
- The Fairy Detective Agency #4
- ISBN
- 9781409156758
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Matchbox Mysteries: The Detective Agency's Fourth Case as an audiobook?
The Matchbox Mysteries: The Detective Agency's Fourth Case runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.4 hours.
Is The Matchbox Mysteries: The Detective Agency's Fourth Case free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Matchbox Mysteries: The Detective Agency's Fourth Case?
The Matchbox Mysteries: The Detective Agency's Fourth Case is narrated by Simon Russell Beale.