The Distant Echo: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Karen Pirie series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Distant Echo runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Cotcher (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 4,140 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
337 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Savage Son
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Distant Echo is book 1 of Val McDermid's Karen Pirie series: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Cotcher, released August 6, 2015, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Cotcher
- Released
- August 6, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Karen Pirie #1
- ISBN
- 9781510006478
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Distant Echo as an audiobook?
The Distant Echo runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is The Distant Echo free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Distant Echo?
The Distant Echo is narrated by Tom Cotcher.
Is The Distant Echo worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.