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The Colonel's Mistake by Dan Mayland

The Colonel's Mistake: Audiobook

Book 1 of the A Mark Sava Spy Novel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Colonel's Mistake runs 8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Allen (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8listening hrs
Espionagestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Colonel's Mistake at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Espionage shelf

324 Espionage 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 Colonel's Mistake is book 1 of Dan Mayland's A Mark Sava Spy Novel series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Allen, released August 21, 2012, on the Espionage shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Allen
Released
August 21, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage
Series
A Mark Sava Spy Novel #1
ISBN
9781469211565

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Colonel's Mistake as an audiobook?

The Colonel's Mistake runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is The Colonel's Mistake free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Colonel's Mistake?

The Colonel's Mistake is narrated by Richard Allen.