The Sacred Cut: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Nic Costa series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sacred Cut runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Saul Reichlin (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 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 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Nic Costa
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 29.6 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 70.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 | 13.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Villa of Mysteries | 16.3 hrs |
| 3 | The Sacred Cut | 13.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Lizard's Bite | 13 hrs |
| 5 | The Seventh Sacrament | 14.2 hrs |
More narrated by Saul Reichlin
Saul Reichlin narrates 130 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,615 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,231 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 Sacred Cut is book 3 of David Hewson's Nic Costa series: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Saul Reichlin, released August 10, 2017, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Saul Reichlin
- Released
- August 10, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Nic Costa #3
- ISBN
- 9781846320088
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sacred Cut as an audiobook?
The Sacred Cut runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Sacred Cut free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sacred Cut?
The Sacred Cut is narrated by Saul Reichlin.
Is The Sacred Cut worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.