The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Chief Inspector Gamache Novel series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel runs 13.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ralph Cosham (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ralph Cosham
Ralph Cosham narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 338 hours in all.
- A Fatal Grace: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
- Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
- Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
- The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
643 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel is book 5 of Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache Novel series: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Ralph Cosham, released October 18, 2016, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ralph Cosham
- Released
- October 18, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #5
- ISBN
- 9781427271594
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel as an audiobook?
The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.
Is The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel?
The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel is narrated by Ralph Cosham.
Is The Brutal Telling: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.