Give the Boys a Great Big Hand: Audiobook
Book 11 of the 87th Precinct series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Give the Boys a Great Big Hand audiobook runs 6 hours unabridged, narrated by Dick Hill (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 6 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on 87th Precinct
This is book 11. Books 1 to 10 run 60.9 hours before it; books 1 to 19 run 117.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cop Hater | 6.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Mugger | 6.1 hrs |
| 3 | The Pusher | 6.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Con Man | 6.2 hrs |
| 5 | Killer's Choice | 5.8 hrs |
| 6 | Killer's Payoff | 6.3 hrs |
| 7 | Killer's Wedge | 5.7 hrs |
| 8 | Lady Killer | 5.5 hrs |
| 9 | 'Til Death | 5.7 hrs |
| 10 | King's Ransom | 6.7 hrs |
| 11 | Give the Boys a Great Big Hand | 6 hrs |
| 12 | The Heckler | 7.2 hrs |
More narrated by Dick Hill
Dick Hill narrates 355 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,167 hours in all.
- The Black Echo
- Killing Floor
- The Black Ice
- The Concrete Blonde
- The Last Coyote
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,287 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
Give the Boys a Great Big Hand is book 11 of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released April 24, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dick Hill
- Released
- April 24, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- 87th Precinct #11
- ISBN
- 9781455873708
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Give the Boys a Great Big Hand audiobook?
Give the Boys a Great Big Hand runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is the Give the Boys a Great Big Hand audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Give the Boys a Great Big Hand?
Give the Boys a Great Big Hand is narrated by Dick Hill.