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Brush Back by Sara Paretsky

Brush Back: Audiobook

Book 17 of the V.I. Warshawski series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Brush Back audiobook runs 13 hours unabridged, narrated by Karen Peakes (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13 hours of listening.

Days to finish Brush Back at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

1,926 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

Brush Back is book 17 of Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen Peakes, released July 22, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13 hrs
Narrated by
Karen Peakes
Released
July 22, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
V.I. Warshawski #17
ISBN
9798897568567

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Brush Back audiobook?

Brush Back runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.

Is the Brush Back audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Brush Back?

Brush Back is narrated by Karen Peakes.

Is Brush Back worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.