Background Checks and Balances: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Booker Brothers Detective Agency series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Background Checks and Balances audiobook runs 3.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Maisie Dean (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.9 hours, it is shorter than 92% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Booker Brothers Detective Agency
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 13.6 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 21.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | State of the Art Heist | 5 hrs |
| 2 | Stunt Double Trouble | 4.7 hrs |
| 3 | Ready on Set Drama | 3.9 hrs |
| 4 | Background Checks and Balances | 3.9 hrs |
| 5 | Curiosity Killed the Cat Burglar | 3.8 hrs |
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
318 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
Background Checks and Balances is book 4 of Maisie Dean's Booker Brothers Detective Agency series: a 3.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Maisie Dean, released November 12, 2019, on the Police & Detective and Cozy Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Maisie Dean
- Released
- November 12, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Cozy Mystery
- Series
- Booker Brothers Detective Agency #4
- ISBN
- 9781664935686
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Background Checks and Balances audiobook?
Background Checks and Balances runs 3.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.
Is the Background Checks and Balances audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Background Checks and Balances?
Background Checks and Balances is narrated by Maisie Dean.