Desperate Measures: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Barbara Holloway Mysteries series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desperate Measures audiobook runs 13.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Marguerite Gavin (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 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 13.1 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Barbara Holloway Mysteries
This is book 6. Books 1 to 5 run 67.2 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 Marguerite Gavin
Marguerite Gavin narrates 420 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,914 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,831 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
Desperate Measures is book 6 of Kate Wilhelm's Barbara Holloway Mysteries series: a 13.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Marguerite Gavin, released July 12, 2010, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Marguerite Gavin
- Released
- July 12, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Barbara Holloway Mysteries #6
- ISBN
- 9781481579261
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Desperate Measures audiobook?
Desperate Measures runs 13.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.
Is the Desperate Measures audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Desperate Measures?
Desperate Measures is narrated by Marguerite Gavin.
Is Desperate Measures worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.4 hours.