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Knife in the Back by Karen Rose

Knife in the Back: Audiobook

Book 4 of the A New Orleans Novel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Knife in the Back audiobook runs 15 hours unabridged, narrated by Lee Osorio (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15 hours of listening.

Days to finish Knife in the Back at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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

What our data says

  • At 15 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on A New Orleans Novel

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 58.1 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 73.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Quarter to Midnight21.7 hrs
2Beneath Dark Waters19.9 hrs
3Buried Too Deep16.5 hrs
4Knife in the Back15 hrs

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

803 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

Knife in the Back is book 4 of Karen Rose's A New Orleans Novel series: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Lee Osorio, released August 12, 2025, on the Police & Detective and Mystery shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15 hrs
Narrated by
Lee Osorio
Released
August 12, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective, Mystery
Series
A New Orleans Novel #4
ISBN
9798217075164

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Knife in the Back audiobook?

Knife in the Back runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.

Is the Knife in the Back audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Knife in the Back?

Knife in the Back is narrated by Lee Osorio.

Is Knife in the Back worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.