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Heat Lightning by J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone

Heat Lightning: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Tinhorn Western series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Heat Lightning audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Jon Waters (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.3listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Heat Lightning at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Tinhorn Western

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 16.7 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 25 hours in all.

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

Heat Lightning is book 3 of J.A. Johnstone's Tinhorn Western series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jon Waters, released July 29, 2025, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.3 hrs
Narrated by
Jon Waters
Released
July 29, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
Series
Tinhorn Western #3
ISBN
9798855515008

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Heat Lightning audiobook?

Heat Lightning runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.

Is the Heat Lightning audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Heat Lightning?

Heat Lightning is narrated by Jon Waters.