The Nightmare Thief: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Jo Beckett series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Nightmare Thief runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Ericksen (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Jo Beckett
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 36.9 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 49.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dirty Secrets Club | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Memory Collector | 12.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Liar's Lullaby | 12.2 hrs |
| 4 | The Nightmare Thief | 12.5 hrs |
More narrated by Susan Ericksen
Susan Ericksen narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,621 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,385 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
- Finders Keepers
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 Nightmare Thief is book 4 of Meg Gardiner's Jo Beckett series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Ericksen, released July 15, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Ericksen
- Released
- July 15, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Jo Beckett #4
- ISBN
- 9798897569496
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Nightmare Thief as an audiobook?
The Nightmare Thief runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Nightmare Thief free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Nightmare Thief?
The Nightmare Thief is narrated by Susan Ericksen.
Is The Nightmare Thief worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.