The Night Watch: Audiobook
Book 3 of the DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Night Watch runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Angus King (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 22.7 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 76.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead Man’s Grave | 11.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Blood Tide | 10.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Night Watch | 10.5 hrs |
| 4 | Blood Runs Cold | 10.7 hrs |
| 5 | The Devil You Know | 10.3 hrs |
| 6 | When Shadows Fall | 10.6 hrs |
| 7 | The Dark Heart | 12 hrs |
More narrated by Angus King
Angus King narrates 164 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,665 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,810 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 Watch is book 3 of Neil Lancaster's DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Angus King, released September 8, 2022, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Angus King
- Released
- September 8, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers #3
- ISBN
- 9780008470401
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Night Watch as an audiobook?
The Night Watch runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Night Watch free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Night Watch?
The Night Watch is narrated by Angus King.
Is The Night Watch worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.