Fragile Cord: DS Coupland Book 1: Audiobook
Book 1 of the DS Coupland series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fragile Cord: DS Coupland Book 1 audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Alister Austin (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on DS Coupland
This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 67.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fragile Cord: DS Coupland Book 1 | 7.9 hrs |
| 2 | A Place of Safety: DS Coupland Book 2 | 7 hrs |
| 3 | One Bad Turn: DS Coupland Book 3 | 7.9 hrs |
| 4 | Absent: DS Coupland Book 4 | 8.3 hrs |
| 5 | Flesh and Blood: D S Coupland Book 5 | 10.2 hrs |
| 6 | Sticks and Stones: DS Coupland Book 6 | 7.8 hrs |
| 7 | When Darkness Falls: DS Coupland Book 7 | 9.7 hrs |
| 8 | Made to be Broken: DS Coupland Book 8 | 8.8 hrs |
More narrated by Alister Austin
Alister Austin narrates 38 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 336 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,275 Suspense 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
Fragile Cord: DS Coupland Book 1 is book 1 of Emma Salisbury's DS Coupland series: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Alister Austin, released April 18, 2019, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alister Austin
- Released
- April 18, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- DS Coupland #1
- ISBN
- 9781528859196
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fragile Cord: DS Coupland Book 1 audiobook?
Fragile Cord: DS Coupland Book 1 runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is the Fragile Cord: DS Coupland Book 1 audiobook free?
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Who narrates Fragile Cord: DS Coupland Book 1?
Fragile Cord: DS Coupland Book 1 is narrated by Alister Austin.