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Hostage Zero by John Gilstrap

Hostage Zero: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Jonathan Grave Thriller series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hostage Zero audiobook runs 14.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Basil Sands (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.3listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Hostage Zero at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Jonathan Grave Thriller

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 14.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 41 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1No Mercy14.5 hrs
2Hostage Zero14.3 hrs
3Threat Warning12.1 hrs

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

606 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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

Hostage Zero is book 2 of John Gilstrap's Jonathan Grave Thriller series: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Basil Sands, released December 21, 2021, on the Legal & Political and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.3 hrs
Narrated by
Basil Sands
Released
December 21, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Legal & Political, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
Jonathan Grave Thriller #2
ISBN
9781666169645

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hostage Zero audiobook?

Hostage Zero runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.

Is the Hostage Zero audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Hostage Zero?

Hostage Zero is narrated by Basil Sands.

Is Hostage Zero worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.