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Bad Business by Robert B. Parker

Bad Business: Audiobook

Book 31 of the Spenser series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bad Business audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Joe Mantegna (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.3listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2004released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Bad Business at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 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 77% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Bad Business is book 31 of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Mantegna, released March 9, 2004, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.3 hrs
Narrated by
Joe Mantegna
Released
March 9, 2004
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
Series
Spenser #31
ISBN
9780739309506

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Bad Business audiobook?

Bad Business runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is the Bad Business audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Bad Business?

Bad Business is narrated by Joe Mantegna.