Cold: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Joe Tiplady Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cold audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Alan Smyth (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Joe Tiplady Thriller
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 24.7 hours in all.
More narrated by Alan Smyth
Alan Smyth narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 259 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
545 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Whistler
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- The Guardians
- The President Is Missing
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 is book 1 of John Sweeney's A Joe Tiplady Thriller series: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Alan Smyth, released July 1, 2016, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alan Smyth
- Released
- July 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage, Legal & Political
- Series
- A Joe Tiplady Thriller #1
- ISBN
- 9781522639015
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Cold audiobook?
Cold runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is the Cold audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Cold?
Cold is narrated by Alan Smyth.
Is Cold worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.