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The Accident Man by Tom Cain

The Accident Man: Audiobook

Book 1 of the A Samuel Carver Novel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Accident Man runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Lee (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Accident Man 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 80% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on A Samuel Carver Novel

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 23.1 hours in all.

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

The Accident Man is book 1 of Tom Cain's A Samuel Carver Novel series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lee, released January 31, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.3 hrs
Narrated by
John Lee
Released
January 31, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
Series
A Samuel Carver Novel #1
ISBN
9781429592109

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Accident Man as an audiobook?

The Accident Man runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is The Accident Man free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Accident Man?

The Accident Man is narrated by John Lee.

Is The Accident Man worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

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