Hard News: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Rune series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard News audiobook runs 8.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Stephanie Willing (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Rune Trilogy
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 18 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 26.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manhattan Is My Beat | 8.5 hrs |
| 2 | Death of a Blue Movie Star | 9.5 hrs |
| 3 | Hard News | 8.8 hrs |
More narrated by Stephanie Willing
Stephanie Willing narrates 78 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 511 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,986 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 News is book 3 of Jeffrey Deaver's Rune series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephanie Willing, released December 3, 2024, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephanie Willing
- Released
- December 3, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Rune Trilogy #3
- ISBN
- 9781666675283
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hard News audiobook?
Hard News runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is the Hard News audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hard News?
Hard News is narrated by Stephanie Willing.