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The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty

The Cold Cold Ground: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Sean Duffy series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cold Cold Ground runs 10.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gerard Doyle (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.1listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Cold Cold Ground at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Gerard Doyle

Gerard Doyle narrates 168 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,669 hours in all.

All Gerard Doyle audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,484 Police & Detective 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

The Cold Cold Ground is book 1 of Adrian McKinty's Sean Duffy series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Gerard Doyle, released January 5, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.1 hrs
Narrated by
Gerard Doyle
Released
January 5, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Sean Duffy Series #1
ISBN
9781481588300

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Cold Cold Ground as an audiobook?

The Cold Cold Ground runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is The Cold Cold Ground free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Cold Cold Ground?

The Cold Cold Ground is narrated by Gerard Doyle.

Is The Cold Cold Ground worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.