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The Night Before Christmas by Alex Pine

The Night Before Christmas: Audiobook

Book 4 of the DI James Walker series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Night Before Christmas runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sid Sagar (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.8listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.8 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on DI James Walker series

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 26.4 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 51.8 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,649 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 Night Before Christmas is book 4 of Alex Pine's DI James Walker series: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Sid Sagar, released October 26, 2023, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.8 hrs
Narrated by
Sid Sagar
Released
October 26, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Fiction
Series
DI James Walker series #4
ISBN
9780008621001

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Night Before Christmas as an audiobook?

The Night Before Christmas runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is The Night Before Christmas free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Night Before Christmas?

The Night Before Christmas is narrated by Sid Sagar.