A Heartbeat Away: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Heartbeat Away runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
601 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
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- The President Is Missing
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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 Heartbeat Away is an audiobook by Michael Palmer: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released February 15, 2011, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- February 15, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- ISBN
- 9781427209948
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Heartbeat Away as an audiobook?
A Heartbeat Away runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is A Heartbeat Away free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Heartbeat Away?
A Heartbeat Away is narrated by Robert Petkoff.
Is A Heartbeat Away worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.