A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Nic Costa series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Baker (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Nic Costa
This is book 1. 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 Sean Baker
Sean Baker narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 142 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,411 Suspense 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 Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 is book 1 of David Hewson's Nic Costa series: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Baker, released December 1, 2007, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Baker
- Released
- December 1, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Nic Costa #1
- ISBN
- 9781407414393
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 as an audiobook?
A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.
Is A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1?
A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 is narrated by Sean Baker.
Is A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.