First Cut: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Dr. Jessie Teska Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Cut audiobook runs 10.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Amanda Dolan (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.8 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Dr. Jessie Teska Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 20 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Cut | 10.8 hrs |
| 2 | Aftershock | 9.1 hrs |
More narrated by Amanda Dolan
Amanda Dolan narrates 223 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,398 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,427 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
First Cut is book 1 of T.J. Mitchell's A Dr. Jessie Teska Mystery series: a 10.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Amanda Dolan, released January 7, 2020, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Amanda Dolan
- Released
- January 7, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- A Dr. Jessie Teska Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9781488207808
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Cut audiobook?
First Cut runs 10.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is the First Cut audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First Cut?
First Cut is narrated by Amanda Dolan.
Is First Cut worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.