Riptide: Audiobook
Book 5 of the An FBI Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Riptide audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on An FBI Thriller
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 42 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 84.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cove | 11 hrs |
| 2 | The Maze | 11 hrs |
| 3 | The Target | 10 hrs |
| 4 | The Edge | 10 hrs |
| 5 | Riptide | 11 hrs |
| 6 | Hemlock Bay | 11 hrs |
| 7 | Eleventh Hour | 10.3 hrs |
| 8 | Blindside | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Laural Merlington
Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.
- Always the Last to Know
- Between Sisters
- The Villa
- Gentle Rogue
- A Loving Scoundrel
About as long, on the Mystery shelf
1,513 Mystery 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
Riptide is book 5 of Catherine Coulter's An FBI Thriller series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released October 25, 2005, on the Mystery shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laural Merlington
- Released
- October 25, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery
- Series
- An FBI Thriller #5
- ISBN
- 9781596005853
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Riptide audiobook?
Riptide runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the Riptide audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Riptide?
Riptide is narrated by Laural Merlington.
Is Riptide worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.