Cruel Mercy: Audiobook
Book 7 of the Detective Sergeant McAvoy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cruel Mercy audiobook runs 12.7 hours unabridged, narrated by John Curless (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Curless
John Curless narrates 74 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,017 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,205 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Places
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
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
Cruel Mercy is book 7 of David Mark's Detective Sergeant McAvoy series: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by John Curless, released February 7, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Curless
- Released
- February 7, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Sergeant McAvoy #7
- ISBN
- 9781501938504
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Cruel Mercy audiobook?
Cruel Mercy runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is the Cruel Mercy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Cruel Mercy?
Cruel Mercy is narrated by John Curless.
Is Cruel Mercy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.