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Hell or High Water by Joy Castro

Hell or High Water: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Nola Cespedes Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hell or High Water audiobook runs 12.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Roxanne Hernandez (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Hell or High Water at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

2,885 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

Hell or High Water is book 1 of Joy Castro's Nola Cespedes Mysteries series: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Roxanne Hernandez, released July 17, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Roxanne Hernandez
Released
July 17, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Nola Cespedes Mysteries #1
ISBN
9781666593105

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hell or High Water audiobook?

Hell or High Water runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Hell or High Water audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Hell or High Water?

Hell or High Water is narrated by Roxanne Hernandez.

Is Hell or High Water worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.