Blood Defense: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Samantha Brinkman series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blood Defense audiobook runs 11.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Tavia Gilbert (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 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 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Samantha Brinkman
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 49.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood Defense | 11.8 hrs |
| 2 | Moral Defense | 12.6 hrs |
| 3 | Snap Judgment | 12.9 hrs |
| 4 | Final Judgment | 12.2 hrs |
More narrated by Tavia Gilbert
Tavia Gilbert narrates 651 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,675 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,132 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
Blood Defense is book 1 of Marcia Clark's Samantha Brinkman series: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Tavia Gilbert, released May 1, 2016, on the Police & Detective and Legal & Political shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tavia Gilbert
- Released
- May 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Legal & Political
- Series
- Samantha Brinkman #1
- ISBN
- 9781511359306
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blood Defense audiobook?
Blood Defense runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is the Blood Defense audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Blood Defense?
Blood Defense is narrated by Tavia Gilbert.
Is Blood Defense worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.