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Florida Straits by Laurence Shames

Florida Straits: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Key West series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Florida Straits audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Ferrone (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Florida Straits at common listening paces
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30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Key West

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 28.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Florida Straits9.5 hrs
2Scavenger Reef9.3 hrs
3Sunburn9.5 hrs

More narrated by Richard Ferrone

Richard Ferrone narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,217 hours in all.

All Richard Ferrone audiobooks, measured

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

Florida Straits is book 1 of Laurence Shames's Key West series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Ferrone, released May 30, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Ferrone
Released
May 30, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Key West #1
ISBN
9781490633176

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Florida Straits audiobook?

Florida Straits runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is the Florida Straits audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Florida Straits?

Florida Straits is narrated by Richard Ferrone.