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Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves

Cold Earth: Audiobook

Book 7 of the Shetland series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cold Earth audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Kenny Blyth (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Cold Earth at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,306 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

Cold Earth is book 7 of Ann Cleeves's Shetland series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kenny Blyth, released December 1, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Kenny Blyth
Released
December 1, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Shetland #7
ISBN
9781529097627

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cold Earth audiobook?

Cold Earth runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is the Cold Earth audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Cold Earth?

Cold Earth is narrated by Kenny Blyth.

Is Cold Earth worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.