The Cruelest Cut: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Jack Murphy Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cruelest Cut runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eric Jason Martin (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Jack Murphy Thriller
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cruelest Cut | 11.7 hrs |
| 2 | The Coldest Fear | 9.9 hrs |
More narrated by Eric Jason Martin
Eric Jason Martin narrates 271 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,146 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,297 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 Cruelest Cut is book 1 of Rick Reed's Jack Murphy Thriller series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Jason Martin, released May 16, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Eric Jason Martin
- Released
- May 16, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Jack Murphy Thriller #1
- ISBN
- 9781541474000
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cruelest Cut as an audiobook?
The Cruelest Cut runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Cruelest Cut free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cruelest Cut?
The Cruelest Cut is narrated by Eric Jason Martin.
Is The Cruelest Cut worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.