Rule One: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Dent McCreary Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Rule One audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Poe (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Poe
Richard Poe narrates 198 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,360 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,558 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
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
Rule One is book 1 of Michael Lucker's Dent McCreary Mystery series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Poe, released July 22, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Poe
- Released
- July 22, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Dent McCreary Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9798897567102
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Rule One audiobook?
Rule One runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is the Rule One audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Rule One?
Rule One is narrated by Richard Poe.