Dead Man's Hand: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Jake Paynter series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dead Man's Hand audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by David Bendena (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.3 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Jake Paynter
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 31.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead Man's Hand | 10.3 hrs |
| 2 | Devil's Ride West | 10.6 hrs |
| 3 | To the Gates of Hell | 10.6 hrs |
More narrated by David Bendena
David Bendena narrates 89 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 849 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,538 Historical (Fiction) 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
Dead Man's Hand is book 1 of David Nix's Jake Paynter series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by David Bendena, released February 22, 2022, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Bendena
- Released
- February 22, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
- Series
- Jake Paynter #1
- ISBN
- 9781666533828
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dead Man's Hand audiobook?
Dead Man's Hand runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the Dead Man's Hand audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dead Man's Hand?
Dead Man's Hand is narrated by David Bendena.
Is Dead Man's Hand worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.