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Cold Barrel Zero by Matthew Quirk

Cold Barrel Zero: Audiobook

Book 1 of the John Hayes series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cold Barrel Zero audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Coleman (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.7listening hrs
Legal & Politicalstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.7 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.7 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on John Hayes Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 16.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Cold Barrel Zero9.7 hrs
2Dead Man Switch7.3 hrs

About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf

659 Legal & Political 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

Cold Barrel Zero is book 1 of Matthew Quirk's John Hayes series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Coleman, released March 29, 2016, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.7 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Coleman
Released
March 29, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Legal & Political
Series
John Hayes Series #1
ISBN
9781478903116

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cold Barrel Zero audiobook?

Cold Barrel Zero runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is the Cold Barrel Zero audiobook free?

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Who narrates Cold Barrel Zero?

Cold Barrel Zero is narrated by Peter Coleman.