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The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson

The Cold Dish: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Longmire Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cold Dish runs 13.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Guidall (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.3listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2007released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Cold Dish at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13.3 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Longmire Mysteries

This is book 1. Books 1 to 22 run 198.1 hours in all.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,692 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 Dish is book 1 of Craig Johnson's Longmire Mysteries series: a 13.3-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released January 8, 2007, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.3 hrs
Narrated by
George Guidall
Released
January 8, 2007
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Suspense
Series
Longmire Mysteries #1
ISBN
9781440781346

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Cold Dish as an audiobook?

The Cold Dish runs 13.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is The Cold Dish free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Cold Dish?

The Cold Dish is narrated by George Guidall.

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

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.4 hours.