A Drop of the Hard Stuff: Audiobook
Book 17 of the Matthew Scudder series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Drop of the Hard Stuff runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Stechschulte (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tom Stechschulte
Tom Stechschulte narrates 210 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,932 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,877 Police & Detective 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 Drop of the Hard Stuff is book 17 of Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Stechschulte, released May 12, 2011, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Stechschulte
- Released
- May 12, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- Matthew Scudder #17
- ISBN
- 9781461803874
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Drop of the Hard Stuff as an audiobook?
A Drop of the Hard Stuff runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is A Drop of the Hard Stuff free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Drop of the Hard Stuff?
A Drop of the Hard Stuff is narrated by Tom Stechschulte.