A Dangerous Business: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dangerous Business runs 7.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Thérèse Plummer (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Thérèse Plummer
Thérèse Plummer narrates 325 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,991 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,208 Literary Fiction 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
A Dangerous Business is an audiobook by Jane Smiley: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Thérèse Plummer, released December 6, 2022, on the Literary Fiction and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Thérèse Plummer
- Released
- December 6, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- ISBN
- 9781980081326
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Dangerous Business as an audiobook?
A Dangerous Business runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.
Is A Dangerous Business free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Dangerous Business?
A Dangerous Business is narrated by Thérèse Plummer.