The Cradle in the Grave: Audiobook
Book 5 of the A Zailer & Waterhouse Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cradle in the Grave runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elizabeth Sastre (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Elizabeth Sastre
Elizabeth Sastre narrates 49 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 545 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,166 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Whistler
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
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 Cradle in the Grave is book 5 of Sophie Hannah's A Zailer & Waterhouse Mystery series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Sastre, released August 30, 2011, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elizabeth Sastre
- Released
- August 30, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- A Zailer & Waterhouse Mystery #5
- ISBN
- 9781101523568
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cradle in the Grave as an audiobook?
The Cradle in the Grave runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Cradle in the Grave free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cradle in the Grave?
The Cradle in the Grave is narrated by Elizabeth Sastre.
Is The Cradle in the Grave worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.