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A Cold Treachery by Charles Todd

A Cold Treachery: Audiobook

Book 7 of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Cold Treachery runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samuel Gillies (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.2listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Cold Treachery at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries

This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 70.2 hours before it; books 1 to 9 run 107 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1A Test of Wills10.5 hrs
2Wings of Fire11.2 hrs
3Search the Dark11.7 hrs
4Legacy of the Dead11.3 hrs
5Watchers of Time13.9 hrs
6A Fearsome Doubt11.7 hrs
7A Cold Treachery12.2 hrs
8A Long Shadow11.4 hrs
9A False Mirror13.2 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,766 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

A Cold Treachery is book 7 of Charles Todd's Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel Gillies, released October 17, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.2 hrs
Narrated by
Samuel Gillies
Released
October 17, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries #7
ISBN
9781490634036

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Cold Treachery as an audiobook?

A Cold Treachery runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is A Cold Treachery free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Cold Treachery?

A Cold Treachery is narrated by Samuel Gillies.

Is A Cold Treachery worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.