The Villa of Mysteries: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Nic Costa series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Villa of Mysteries runs 16.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christopher Kay (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.3 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Nic Costa
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.3 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 70.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 | 13.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Villa of Mysteries | 16.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Sacred Cut | 13.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Lizard's Bite | 13 hrs |
| 5 | The Seventh Sacrament | 14.2 hrs |
More narrated by Christopher Kay
Christopher Kay narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 151 hours in all.
- River of Darkness
- Birds Without Wings
- London: A History
- A Calculating Heart
- Coralena
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
495 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Great Alone
- The Good Daughter
- Killing Floor
- Nine Perfect Strangers
- True Believer
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 Villa of Mysteries is book 2 of David Hewson's Nic Costa series: a 16.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Kay, released December 1, 2007, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Kay
- Released
- December 1, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Nic Costa #2
- ISBN
- 9781407414386
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Villa of Mysteries as an audiobook?
The Villa of Mysteries runs 16.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.
Is The Villa of Mysteries free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Villa of Mysteries?
The Villa of Mysteries is narrated by Christopher Kay.
Is The Villa of Mysteries worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.4 hours.