Five Minutes Alone: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Christchurch Noir Crimes series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Five Minutes Alone audiobook runs 14.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Ansdell (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Christchurch Noir Crimes
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 36.8 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 51.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cemetery Lake | 11.1 hrs |
| 2 | Collecting Cooper | 13 hrs |
| 3 | The Laughterhouse | 12.7 hrs |
| 4 | Five Minutes Alone | 14.6 hrs |
More narrated by Paul Ansdell
Paul Ansdell narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 258 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
965 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
Five Minutes Alone is book 4 of Paul Cleave's Christchurch Noir Crimes series: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Ansdell, released November 5, 2024, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Ansdell
- Released
- November 5, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Christchurch Noir Crimes #4
- ISBN
- 9781666679809
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Five Minutes Alone audiobook?
Five Minutes Alone runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is the Five Minutes Alone audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Five Minutes Alone?
Five Minutes Alone is narrated by Paul Ansdell.
Is Five Minutes Alone worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.