Nerves of Steel: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Hart & Drake series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Nerves of Steel audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Piter Marek (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Piter Marek
Piter Marek narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 121 hours in all.
- Honor
- The Architect's Apprentice
- The Empty Family: Stories
- What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
- The Promised War
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,754 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
- Finders Keepers
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
Nerves of Steel is book 1 of C.J. Lyons's Hart & Drake series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Piter Marek, released November 16, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Piter Marek
- Released
- November 16, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Hart & Drake #1
- ISBN
- 9781470327675
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Nerves of Steel audiobook?
Nerves of Steel runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is the Nerves of Steel audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Nerves of Steel?
Nerves of Steel is narrated by Piter Marek.
Is Nerves of Steel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.