Trick of the Night: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Detective Matt Ballard series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Trick of the Night audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Matt Ballard
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 42.8 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 64.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beware the Past | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | Five Bloody Hearts | 9.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Dying Light | 9 hrs |
| 4 | Marshlight | 12.8 hrs |
| 5 | Trick of the Night | 10.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Bag of Secrets | 11.6 hrs |
More narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies
Matthew Lloyd Davies narrates 254 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,433 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,908 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
Trick of the Night is book 5 of Joy Ellis's Detective Matt Ballard series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies, released September 27, 2022, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Released
- September 27, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Matt Ballard #5
- ISBN
- 9798765043226
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Trick of the Night audiobook?
Trick of the Night runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the Trick of the Night audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Trick of the Night?
Trick of the Night is narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies.
Is Trick of the Night worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.