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Necessary Evil by Stephanie M. Freeman

Necessary Evil: Audiobook

by Stephanie M. Freeman · narrated by Khaya Fraites · unabridged · 2025

Book 1 of the Diamonds, Blood and Shadows series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Necessary Evil audiobook runs 5.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Khaya Fraites (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.8listening hrs
BIPOC Stories & Voicesstore shelf
2025released
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Based on 5.8 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
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What our data says

  • At 5.8 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 4,913 BIPOC Stories & Voices audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Khaya Fraites

Khaya Fraites narrates 94 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 776 hours in all.

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About as long, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf

507 BIPOC Stories & Voices 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

Necessary Evil is book 1 of Stephanie M. Freeman's Diamonds, Blood and Shadows series: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Khaya Fraites, released April 15, 2025, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.8 hrs
Narrated by
Khaya Fraites
Released
April 15, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
BIPOC Stories & Voices
Series
Diamonds, Blood and Shadows #1
ISBN
9798896791867

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Necessary Evil audiobook?

Necessary Evil runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.

Is the Necessary Evil audiobook free?

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Who narrates Necessary Evil?

Necessary Evil is narrated by Khaya Fraites.