Dead Man Switch: Audiobook
Book 2 of the John Hayes series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dead Man Switch audiobook runs 7.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Coleman (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on John Hayes Series
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 9.7 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 16.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold Barrel Zero | 9.7 hrs |
| 2 | Dead Man Switch | 7.3 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Coleman
Peter Coleman narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 189 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
284 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- 3rd Degree
- The Beach House
- The 18th Abduction
- Juror #3
- The 8th Confession
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
Dead Man Switch is book 2 of Matthew Quirk's John Hayes series: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Coleman, released March 21, 2017, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Coleman
- Released
- March 21, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage, Legal & Political
- Series
- John Hayes Series #2
- ISBN
- 9781478903123
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dead Man Switch audiobook?
Dead Man Switch runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is the Dead Man Switch audiobook free?
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Who narrates Dead Man Switch?
Dead Man Switch is narrated by Peter Coleman.