Heads You Lose: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Inspector Cockrill Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Heads You Lose audiobook runs 5.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Derek Perkins (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.9 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Inspector Cockrill Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 7 run 51.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heads You Lose | 5.9 hrs |
| 2 | Green for Danger | 7.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Crooked Wreath: An Inspector Cockrill Mystery | 7.4 hrs |
| 4 | Death of Jezebel | 6.6 hrs |
| 5 | Fog of Doubt: An Inspector Cockrill Mystery | 7.6 hrs |
| 6 | Tour de Force | 8.7 hrs |
| 7 | The Three-Cornered Halo | 8.2 hrs |
More narrated by Derek Perkins
Derek Perkins narrates 328 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,800 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,211 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
Heads You Lose is book 1 of Christianna Brand's Inspector Cockrill Mysteries series: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Perkins, released July 6, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Perkins
- Released
- July 6, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Inspector Cockrill Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9781696605182
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Heads You Lose audiobook?
Heads You Lose runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is the Heads You Lose audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Heads You Lose?
Heads You Lose is narrated by Derek Perkins.