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Cold Waters by Debbie Herbert

Cold Waters: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Normal, Alabama series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cold Waters audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Shannon Mcmanus and Megan Tusing and others (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.3listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Cold Waters 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

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Normal, Alabama

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 20.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Cold Waters10.3 hrs
2Scorched Grounds9.9 hrs

More narrated by Shannon Mcmanus

Shannon Mcmanus narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 678 hours in all.

  • The Queen BeeDorothea Benton Frank · 10.2 hrs
  • The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire, Book 11)Tui T. Sutherland · 8.4 hrs
  • The Hive Queen (Wings of Fire #12)Tui T. Sutherland · 6.9 hrs
  • The Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire #14)Tui T. Sutherland · 7.9 hrs
  • The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire #13)Tui T. Sutherland · 7.4 hrs

All Shannon Mcmanus audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

3,138 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

Cold Waters is book 1 of Debbie Herbert's Normal, Alabama series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Shannon Mcmanus, Megan Tusing and Sophie Amoss and others, released May 1, 2019, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.3 hrs
Narrated by
Shannon Mcmanus, Megan Tusing, Sophie Amoss, Eric G. Dove
Released
May 1, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
Normal, Alabama #1
ISBN
9781721367214

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cold Waters audiobook?

Cold Waters runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is the Cold Waters audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Cold Waters?

Cold Waters is narrated by Shannon Mcmanus, Megan Tusing, Sophie Amoss and Eric G. Dove.

Is Cold Waters worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.