Necessary as Blood: Audiobook
Book 13 of the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Necessary as Blood audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Jenny Sterlin (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jenny Sterlin
Jenny Sterlin narrates 119 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,314 hours in all.
- Howl's Moving Castle
- The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
- Alice
- Doomsday Book
- A Christmas Gathering
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
1,400 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- Before We Were Yours
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Husband's Secret
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
Necessary as Blood is book 13 of Deborah Crombie's Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James series: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jenny Sterlin, released January 15, 2010, on the Contemporary Women shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jenny Sterlin
- Released
- January 15, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women
- Series
- Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James #13
- ISBN
- 9781440779916
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Necessary as Blood audiobook?
Necessary as Blood runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is the Necessary as Blood audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Necessary as Blood?
Necessary as Blood is narrated by Jenny Sterlin.
Is Necessary as Blood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.