Hard Candy: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Burke series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard Candy audiobook runs 7.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Phil Gigante (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.4 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Burke Series
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 34 hours before it; books 1 to 18 run 170 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flood | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | Strega | 10.9 hrs |
| 3 | Blue Belle | 11 hrs |
| 4 | Hard Candy | 7.4 hrs |
| 5 | Blossom | 8.1 hrs |
| 6 | Sacrifice | 8.6 hrs |
| 7 | Down in the Zero | 9.8 hrs |
| 8 | Footsteps of the Hawk | 8.6 hrs |
| 9 | False Allegations | 7.9 hrs |
| 10 | Safe House | 10.3 hrs |
| 11 | Choice of Evil | 10.8 hrs |
| 12 | Dead and Gone | 11 hrs |
More narrated by Phil Gigante
Phil Gigante narrates 188 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,860 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,264 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- 3rd Degree
- Open Season
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
- The 18th Abduction
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
Hard Candy is book 4 of Andrew Vachss's Burke series: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Phil Gigante, released April 15, 2010, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Phil Gigante
- Released
- April 15, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Burke Series #4
- ISBN
- 9781441821195
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hard Candy audiobook?
Hard Candy runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is the Hard Candy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hard Candy?
Hard Candy is narrated by Phil Gigante.