Badlands: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Badlands audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Scott Brick (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 39.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 66.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rosary Girls | 13.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Skin Gods | 13.3 hrs |
| 3 | Merciless | 13.2 hrs |
| 4 | Badlands | 11.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Echo Man | 14.4 hrs |
More narrated by Scott Brick
Scott Brick narrates 816 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 10,240 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,118 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
Badlands is book 4 of Richard Montanari's Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne series: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Brick, released December 2, 2008, on the Police & Detective and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Scott Brick
- Released
- December 2, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Psychological
- Series
- Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne #4
- ISBN
- 9781415961797
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Badlands audiobook?
Badlands runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the Badlands audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Badlands?
Badlands is narrated by Scott Brick.
Is Badlands worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.