Backflash: Audiobook
Book 18 of the Parker Novels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Backflash audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Keith Szarabajka (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Parker Novels
This is book 18. Books 1 to 17 run 85.3 hours before it; books 1 to 20 run 105 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hunter | 5 hrs |
| 2 | The Man with the Getaway Face | 4.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Outfit | 5.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Mourner | 4.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Score | 4.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Jugger | 4.1 hrs |
| 7 | The Seventh | 4.4 hrs |
| 8 | The Handle | 4.4 hrs |
| 9 | The Rare Coin Score | 4.6 hrs |
| 10 | The Green Eagle Score | 4.7 hrs |
| 11 | The Black Ice Score | 3.9 hrs |
| 12 | The Sour Lemon Score | 4.1 hrs |
More narrated by Keith Szarabajka
Keith Szarabajka narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,519 hours in all.
- Necronomicon
- Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
- The Kind Worth Killing
- Verbal Judo, Updated Edition: The Gentle Art of Persuasion
- Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,616 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
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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
Backflash is book 18 of Donald E. Westlake's Parker Novels series: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Keith Szarabajka, released April 1, 2013, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Keith Szarabajka
- Released
- April 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Parker Novels #18
- ISBN
- 9781620643549
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Backflash audiobook?
Backflash runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is the Backflash audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Backflash?
Backflash is narrated by Keith Szarabajka.