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The Cut by George P. Pelecanos

The Cut: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Spero Lucas series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cut runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dion Graham (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Cut at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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

What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Spero Lucas series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 15 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Cut7.5 hrs
2The Double7.5 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,455 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 Cut is book 1 of George P. Pelecanos's Spero Lucas series: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Dion Graham, released August 29, 2011, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Dion Graham
Released
August 29, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Spero Lucas series #1
ISBN
9781609417925

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Cut as an audiobook?

The Cut runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Cut free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Cut?

The Cut is narrated by Dion Graham.