A Cold Dark Place: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Emily Kenyon Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Cold Dark Place runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Karen Peakes (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Emily Kenyon Thriller
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 24.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Cold Dark Place | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | Heart of Ice | 13.2 hrs |
More narrated by Karen Peakes
Karen Peakes narrates 85 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 838 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,154 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Karen Peakes runs 0.9 hours longer (11.9 hours).
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
A Cold Dark Place is book 1 of Gregg Olsen's Emily Kenyon Thriller series: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen Peakes, released October 27, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Karen Peakes
- Released
- October 27, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Emily Kenyon Thriller #1
- ISBN
- 9781705228746
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Cold Dark Place as an audiobook?
A Cold Dark Place runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is A Cold Dark Place free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Cold Dark Place?
A Cold Dark Place is narrated by Karen Peakes.
Is A Cold Dark Place worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.