By Stone, by Blade, by Fire: Audiobook
Book 13 of the Barbara Holloway Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the By Stone, by Blade, by Fire audiobook runs 14.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Carrington Macduffie (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Barbara Holloway Mysteries
This is book 13. Books 1 to 12 run 138.2 hours before it; books 1 to 14 run 167.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos | 15.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Best Defense: A Barbara Holloway Novel | 11.1 hrs |
| 3 | Malice Prepense | 15.8 hrs |
| 4 | Defense for the Devil | 13 hrs |
| 5 | No Defense | 11.9 hrs |
| 6 | Desperate Measures | 13.1 hrs |
| 7 | Clear and Convincing Proof | 8.3 hrs |
| 8 | The Unbidden Truth | 11.1 hrs |
| 9 | Sleight of Hand: A Barbara Holloway Mystery | 10.1 hrs |
| 10 | A Wrongful Death | 9.5 hrs |
| 11 | Cold Case | 10 hrs |
| 12 | Heaven Is High: A Barbara Holloway Novel | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Carrington Macduffie
Carrington Macduffie narrates 94 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 905 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,096 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
By Stone, by Blade, by Fire is book 13 of Kate Wilhelm's Barbara Holloway Mysteries series: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Carrington Macduffie, released December 3, 2012, on the Police & Detective and Legal & Political shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Carrington Macduffie
- Released
- December 3, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Legal & Political
- Series
- The Barbara Holloway Mysteries #13
- ISBN
- 9781483061016
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the By Stone, by Blade, by Fire audiobook?
By Stone, by Blade, by Fire runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is the By Stone, by Blade, by Fire audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates By Stone, by Blade, by Fire?
By Stone, by Blade, by Fire is narrated by Carrington Macduffie.
Is By Stone, by Blade, by Fire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.