The Mercy Rule: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Dismas Hardy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mercy Rule runs 18.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Colacci (about 12 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.1 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Colacci
David Colacci narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,605 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
263 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Good Daughter
- Apples Never Fall
- Killing Floor
- Nine Perfect Strangers
- False Witness
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 Mercy Rule is book 5 of John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy series: a 18.1-hour unabridged recording, read by David Colacci, released November 12, 2009, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Colacci
- Released
- November 12, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Dismas Hardy #5
- ISBN
- 9781423386971
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mercy Rule as an audiobook?
The Mercy Rule runs 18.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12 hours.
Is The Mercy Rule free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mercy Rule?
The Mercy Rule is narrated by David Colacci.
Is The Mercy Rule worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12 hours, saving 6 hours.