The Cruelty: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Cruelty series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cruelty runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Thérèse Plummer (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 2,356 Mystery & Thriller audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Cruelty
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 26.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cruelty | 12.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Greed | 14.2 hrs |
More narrated by Thérèse Plummer
Thérèse Plummer narrates 325 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,991 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Thriller shelf
258 Mystery & Thriller 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 Cruelty is book 1 of Scott Bergstrom's Cruelty series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Thérèse Plummer, released February 7, 2017, on the Mystery & Thriller shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Thérèse Plummer
- Released
- February 7, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Thriller
- Series
- The Cruelty #1
- ISBN
- 9781427283252
How to listen to The Cruelty free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cruelty as an audiobook?
The Cruelty runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Cruelty free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cruelty?
The Cruelty is narrated by Thérèse Plummer.
Is The Cruelty worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.