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Road by John Sweeney

Road: Audiobook

Book 2 of the A Joe Tiplady Thriller series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Road audiobook runs 12.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Alan Smyth (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3listening hrs
Legal & Politicalstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Road at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on A Joe Tiplady Thriller

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.4 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 24.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Cold12.4 hrs
2Road12.3 hrs

About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf

543 Legal & Political 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

Road is book 2 of John Sweeney's A Joe Tiplady Thriller series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Alan Smyth, released August 8, 2017, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.3 hrs
Narrated by
Alan Smyth
Released
August 8, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Legal & Political
Series
A Joe Tiplady Thriller #2
ISBN
9781531864767

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Road audiobook?

Road runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is the Road audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Road?

Road is narrated by Alan Smyth.

Is Road worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.