Back Story: Audiobook
Book 30 of the Spenser series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Back Story audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Joe Mantegna (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joe Mantegna
Joe Mantegna narrates 40 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 280 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
815 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
Back Story is book 30 of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Mantegna, released March 18, 2003, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Mantegna
- Released
- March 18, 2003
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Spenser #30
- ISBN
- 9780739302606
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Back Story audiobook?
Back Story runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is the Back Story audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Back Story?
Back Story is narrated by Joe Mantegna.