The Operator: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ian Bragg Thrillers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Operator runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chris Abernathy (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ian Bragg Thrillers
This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 58.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Operator | 7.3 hrs |
| 2 | A Clean Kill | 7.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Replacement | 7.1 hrs |
| 4 | A Fatal Bragg | 7.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Tower | 7.1 hrs |
| 6 | The Spider and the Scorpion | 6.5 hrs |
| 7 | Live Fire | 6.7 hrs |
| 8 | Contract on a Billionaire | 8.1 hrs |
More narrated by Chris Abernathy
Chris Abernathy narrates 124 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,065 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,830 Suspense 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 Operator is book 1 of Craig Martelle's Ian Bragg Thrillers series: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Abernathy, released November 30, 2020, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chris Abernathy
- Released
- November 30, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Ian Bragg Thrillers #1
- ISBN
- 9781953062611
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Operator as an audiobook?
The Operator runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Operator free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Operator?
The Operator is narrated by Chris Abernathy.