The First Hostage: Audiobook
Book 2 of the J. B. Collins series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Hostage runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David De Vries (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on J. B. Collins
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 23 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Third Target | 12 hrs |
| 2 | The First Hostage | 11 hrs |
More narrated by David De Vries
David De Vries narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,355 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,785 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 Judge's List
- That Affair Next Door
- The Girl Before
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 First Hostage is book 2 of Joel C. Rosenberg's J. B. Collins series: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by David De Vries, released December 29, 2015, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- David De Vries
- Released
- December 29, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- J. B. Collins #2
- ISBN
- 9781491587577
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Hostage as an audiobook?
The First Hostage runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The First Hostage free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Hostage?
The First Hostage is narrated by David De Vries.
Is The First Hostage worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.