Desert Heat: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Joanna Brady Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desert Heat audiobook runs 8 hours unabridged, narrated by Hillary Huber (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Joanna Brady Mysteries
This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 91.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desert Heat | 8 hrs |
| 2 | Tombstone Courage | 10 hrs |
| 3 | Shoot Don't Shoot | 9.9 hrs |
| 4 | Dead to Rights | 12.1 hrs |
| 5 | Skeleton Canyon | 12.4 hrs |
| 6 | Rattlesnake Crossing: A Joanna Brady Mystery | 12.5 hrs |
| 7 | Outlaw Mountain | 12.9 hrs |
| 8 | Devil's Claw | 13.8 hrs |
More narrated by Hillary Huber
Hillary Huber narrates 795 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,790 hours in all.
- The Boy
- Pretty Things
- My Brilliant Friend
- The Twisted Ones
- No Hiding in Boise
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,209 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Open Season
- The 18th Abduction
- The People vs. Alex Cross
- Mary, Mary
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
Desert Heat is book 1 of J.A. Jance's Joanna Brady Mysteries series: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Hillary Huber, released October 20, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Hillary Huber
- Released
- October 20, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Joanna Brady Mysteries #1
- ISBN
- 9780061953873
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Desert Heat audiobook?
Desert Heat runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is the Desert Heat audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Desert Heat?
Desert Heat is narrated by Hillary Huber.