The Short Drop: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Gibson Vaughn series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Short Drop runs 11.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Patrick Cronin (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Gibson Vaughn
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 24.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Short Drop | 11.9 hrs |
| 2 | Poisonfeather | 12.3 hrs |
More narrated by James Patrick Cronin
James Patrick Cronin narrates 207 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,104 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
580 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- The Guardians
- The President Is Missing
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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 Short Drop is book 1 of Matthew FitzSimmons's Gibson Vaughn series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by James Patrick Cronin, released December 1, 2015, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Patrick Cronin
- Released
- December 1, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage, Legal & Political
- Series
- Gibson Vaughn #1
- ISBN
- 9781511320757
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Short Drop as an audiobook?
The Short Drop runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Short Drop free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Short Drop?
The Short Drop is narrated by James Patrick Cronin.
Is The Short Drop worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.