Hard Return: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard Return audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Christopher Lane (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Christopher Lane
Christopher Lane narrates 266 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,814 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,935 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 Return is an audiobook by J. Carson Black: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Lane, released September 9, 2014, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Lane
- Released
- September 9, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- ISBN
- 9781491535127
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hard Return audiobook?
Hard Return runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Hard Return audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hard Return?
Hard Return is narrated by Christopher Lane.