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Hard Exit by Bruce Leonard

Hard Exit: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Jack Drake Private-Eye Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard Exit audiobook runs 9.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Kirby (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.1listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Hard Exit at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
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 9.1 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

6,106 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

Hard Exit is book 1 of Bruce Leonard's Jack Drake Private-Eye Mysteries series: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Kirby, released April 29, 2025, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.1 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Kirby
Released
April 29, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Jack Drake Private-Eye Mysteries #1
ISBN
9798331912963

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hard Exit audiobook?

Hard Exit runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is the Hard Exit audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Hard Exit?

Hard Exit is narrated by Michael Kirby.