Desperate Measures: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Wicked Villains series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desperate Measures audiobook runs 7.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Lessa Lamb and Jack Calihan (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.7 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 |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.7 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Wicked Villains
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 51 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desperate Measures | 7.7 hrs |
| 2 | Learn My Lesson | 8 hrs |
| 3 | A Worthy Opponent | 8.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Beast | 9.6 hrs |
| 5 | The Sea Witch | 8.9 hrs |
| 6 | Queen Takes Rose | 7.9 hrs |
More narrated by Lessa Lamb
Lessa Lamb narrates 82 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 769 hours in all.
About as long, on the Modern shelf
2,980 Modern 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 1 of Katee Robert's Wicked Villains series: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Lessa Lamb and Jack Calihan, released August 20, 2020, on the Modern and Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lessa Lamb, Jack Calihan
- Released
- August 20, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Modern, Mystery
- Series
- Wicked Villains #1
- ISBN
- 9781951329143
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Desperate Measures audiobook?
Desperate Measures runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 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 Lessa Lamb and Jack Calihan.