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Cold Black by Alex Shaw

Cold Black: Audiobook

Book 2 of the An Aidan Snow SAS Thriller series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cold Black audiobook runs 12.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Ethan Kelly (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.7listening hrs
Westerns & Warstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Cold Black at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on An Aidan Snow SAS Thriller

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 10.3 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 32.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Cold Blood10.3 hrs
2Cold Black12.7 hrs
3Cold East9.9 hrs

About as long, on the Westerns & War shelf

545 Westerns & War 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 Black is book 2 of Alex Shaw's An Aidan Snow SAS Thriller series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ethan Kelly, released September 30, 2021, on the Espionage and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.7 hrs
Narrated by
Ethan Kelly
Released
September 30, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Westerns & War
Series
An Aidan Snow SAS Thriller #2
ISBN
9780008443962

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cold Black audiobook?

Cold Black runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.

Is the Cold Black audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Cold Black?

Cold Black is narrated by Ethan Kelly.

Is Cold Black worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.