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High Jinx by William F. Buckley, Jr.

High Jinx: Audiobook

by William F. Buckley, Jr. · narrated by Christopher Hurt · unabridged · 2016

Book 7 of the Blackford Oakes Mysteries series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the High Jinx audiobook runs 7 hours unabridged, narrated by Christopher Hurt (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7listening hrs
Espionagestore shelf
2016released
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What our data says

  • At 7 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Blackford Oakes Mysteries

This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 51.6 hours before it; books 1 to 11 run 93.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Saving the Queen: A Blackford Oakes Mystery10.1 hrs
2Stained Glass: A Blackford Oakes Mystery7.8 hrs
3Who’s on First: A Blackford Oakes Mystery7.2 hrs
4Marco Polo, If You Can: A Blackford Oakes Mystery7.8 hrs
5The Story of Henri Tod8.2 hrs
6See You Later, Alligator: A Blackford Oakes Mystery10.5 hrs
7High Jinx7 hrs
8Mongoose, R.I.P.: A Blackford Oakes Mystery10.6 hrs
9Tucker’s Last Stand9 hrs
10A Very Private Plot: A Blackford Oakes Novel6.5 hrs
11Last Call for Blackford Oakes: A Blackford Oakes Mystery9.1 hrs

More narrated by Christopher Hurt

Christopher Hurt narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 268 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Espionage shelf

185 Espionage 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

High Jinx is book 7 of William F. Buckley, Jr.'s Blackford Oakes Mysteries series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Hurt, released May 15, 2016, on the Espionage shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7 hrs
Narrated by
Christopher Hurt
Released
May 15, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage
Series
The Blackford Oakes Mysteries #7
ISBN
9781504722063

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the High Jinx audiobook?

High Jinx runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

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Who narrates High Jinx?

High Jinx is narrated by Christopher Hurt.