Machine City: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Detective Barnes series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Machine City audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Jd Jackson (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Detective Barnes
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.2 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 17.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punishment | 8.2 hrs |
| 2 | Machine City | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Jd Jackson
Jd Jackson narrates 175 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,599 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,044 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
Machine City is book 2 of Scott J. Holliday's Detective Barnes series: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Jd Jackson, released October 16, 2018, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jd Jackson
- Released
- October 16, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Detective Barnes #2
- ISBN
- 9781543698473
How to listen to Machine City free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Machine City audiobook?
Machine City runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is the Machine City audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Machine City?
Machine City is narrated by Jd Jackson.