Defense for the Devil: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Barbara Holloway Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Defense for the Devil audiobook runs 13 hours unabridged, narrated by Carrington MacDuffie (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Barbara Holloway Mysteries
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 42.3 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 130 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,157 hours in all.
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
458 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Whistler
- The Terminal List
- The Guardians
- Savage Son
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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
Defense for the Devil is book 4 of Kate Wilhelm's Barbara Holloway Mysteries series: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Carrington MacDuffie, released January 1, 2006, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13 hrs
- Narrated by
- Carrington MacDuffie
- Released
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- Series
- The Barbara Holloway Mysteries #4
- ISBN
- 9781483056470
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Defense for the Devil audiobook?
Defense for the Devil runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is the Defense for the Devil audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Defense for the Devil?
Defense for the Devil is narrated by Carrington MacDuffie.
Is Defense for the Devil worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.3 hours.