A Higher Duty: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ben Schroeder series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Higher Duty runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nick Holbek (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ben Schroeder
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 50.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Higher Duty | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | A Matter for the Jury | 13.8 hrs |
| 3 | And Is There Honey Still For Tea? | 12.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Heirs of Owain Glyndwr | 12.9 hrs |
More narrated by Nick Holbek
Nick Holbek narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 214 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
686 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Rooster Bar
- The President Is Missing
- The Broker
- Judge Stone
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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
A Higher Duty is book 1 of Peter Murphy's Ben Schroeder series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Holbek, released August 22, 2024, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick Holbek
- Released
- August 22, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- Series
- Ben Schroeder #1
- ISBN
- 9781004176762
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Higher Duty as an audiobook?
A Higher Duty runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is A Higher Duty free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Higher Duty?
A Higher Duty is narrated by Nick Holbek.
Is A Higher Duty worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.